The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-14

Cotton closed in New York at SOC. for Middling
Uplands, and at Liverpool at 13ad.
Gold closed at 348d. s' '.=iz
The population Of Berlin, according to the last
census, is 6S2, ,s79. 49,, --g-,.=.
1t is said that there are in Maine 100000 acres
ofunbrckeli forest, of which at least 10000 is
covereG with hemlock timber. -
At present the New World beats the Old in tele-
graph lines, having 80, 600 miles Of ires against
10000 in Europe and 5000 in India.
It is said that Miss ANNA Ell DICKINSON is at pre-
sent engaged in writing novel, many OF the in
cidents in which are to- be drawn from her own
life. -f---E::--S? -
In 1854 the number Of men in France liable to
consumption in the army was 1926, 900, of whom
about 169 10 were rejected as unfit to'serve from
various causes. So. -
It is said Hon. LINTON STEPHENS, Of this State,
was among the arrivals at one Of the New. York
hotels last Heek, en- route to Boston to be married
to Lady Of that CITY. =
Anew Orleans member Of the Louisiana Senate
has had the temerity to introduced bill providing
for the compulsory closing of places Of amusement
on Sunday! AlNew Orleans is excited. w.
An agreement has been signed for the foundation
of new establishment Of Europeans at Yokama.
The new Tycoon Of Japan, Prince TosmBAsk1,
shows himself favorable to foreign courts.
EIRABK1# GoM41Es has been awarded $4,000 by
aury Of the Superior Court for injuries sustained
by her onthe Harlem Railroad by an express train
which Was running OUT Of time. = -
Frozen: nitro glycerine explodes- by eoncussion,
on which account il is impossible to reduce it to
smaller pieces BY crushing or striking it. An un
fortunate 1ian, one sScHAoHTME1sTER" KRAUsE,
who tried this experiment. on frozen mass,
weighing some ak or eight pounds, was hurled
by the explosion to great height into the air,
and then thrown into a shaft from fifty to sixty
feet in depth.
At the Calcutta University, an annual average Of
Two Thousand young men are examined in English,
and large proportion in Latih, sanscrit and Ara
bic. Miss CARPENTER, who has been visiting the
three presidencies to extend native female educa-
tion, and to show her sympathy with the advanced
Brahmists or Hindoo .socinians Of Bengal, visited
the Calcutta examinaiions; expresses astonish-
mental thescrowds of candidates :presented. y =
MrSGao1xs 4ucKliEsR, the Republican cant tidate
at haAta lAayoralty election at AlexandriaS va:,
on Fridsymorning called On MIR. Z LATHAM, the,
- aiecs;on and demanded from him the seai of;
tha omporation and the books Of the office. MIR.
IArHAM answered that the seal and books were in
4ia nosaeaaon. and that he intended thew should
ramsin there, but declined making :any further
response. Mr. TuozEn5 then VIII withdrew.
Three Of the most prominent merchants Of Ne
York CITY,, Swiss mporters ON q general tour Of
observation to the Southarn States arrived at For
tress Monreson tho 9Th inst, spent the after
noon in an lnteryieW With M DAVIS. They we're
pleasantly received and entertained by Mr.. DAVIS
and Mira DAVIS. : The conversation which ensued
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several hours! They found him in good health.
Englishg shgBa1-payels seem TO be as deficient in
conscience as some American distillers. The
Times givea;the following facts concerning the col
lection -of The income tax sA joint stock company
returned seDoO as asssssablaproats The surveyor
raised the amount to s88,000, and on this amount