The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-21
NEWS SUMMARY.

leans recantiy OF consu nptlon.
Al A-tesian well near st. Louis is said to have
reached the d,psh f27oO feet.
Alexander ). Cox, brother OF Hon. s. s. Cox,
has Just del in Washington of consumption.
liter January 1st it will cost but twelve cents
to send a letter to Europe.
Il. Is >uggested that our national debt might
be of,red in exchange for Cuba.
Tho New York Mail advocates the publication
Of engagements in order to prevent artation.
They are talking in Georgia about passing a
law making it q breach OF the peace to dun man
for debt.
lie heaviest woman in Paris, Elizabeth Ve-
romque, his just died. She weighed five hun
dred anu twenty English pounds.
Louis Napoleon is SAID 10 be engaged on a
"Liie Of Augustus" as a pendant to his Lille OF
Ce.ar."
The Chinese III San Francisco are about build
ing magnificent theatre for their own use. They
have two already.
-some OF the citizens Of San Antonio, Texas,
have formed = company to emigrata to Hon
duras.
Hays city, Kansas, has not house within its
limits tn It is folr months cld but it has four
thousand Inhabitants AMI newspaper.
Lake Erie is fed by one underground strea m
that is seventy feet deep where it enters the earth,
and does not reappear until its waters have MN
gled with taose OF the lake.
SIN F.a.clsco tells Of receiving two thousand
tons of tea by single vessel from China. Few
vessels ever carried a more valuable cargo If the
story Is true.
-"rhe honorable Mrs. Norton well known as
an author has fallen heir to q fortune of quarter
OF q million dollars. The property was acquired in
the East India traue.
--PittsDurg glAssworks are closed, and will re-
main so unit. to workmen agree to reduction Of
wages. Bordentown, N. J., and Louisville, KY,
factories are dscharging many hands.
The meadows below New Orleans, it is an
nounced, we're OF fire for several days last week,
and clouds Of smoke cinders and ashes were blown
into the city by the high winds.
Lake superior Is becoming valuable iron pro-
ducng region. Tie mines near Marquette are
sald to have produced 100000 tons Of iron during
the past year.
in Paris, it is stated, the Project Of Police has
directed that all bakers shall sell th9ir bread by
weight and weigh it in presence OF The buyer, even
without being requested to do so In England also
q similar measure is being enforced.
-.he work on the Washington Monument, at
Washington, has already cost S240 900. The
height reached is 174 fee, leaving S74 feet to be
finished The entire hei ht Of the monument is
fixed at 54s feet.
The editor OF the Lune, . comic paper of Paris,
has been fined GOO francs and sentenced to two
months Imprisonment for treating OF political sub
jects without permission. The paper will not be
allowed to continue publication.
-Mr. Robert a. Alexander, the famous Ken
tucky breeder, gave al his property in Kentucky
aud Scotland to his brother, and divided his large
Illinois estats between Two sisters. BeQuests were
made to otner relations.
The Italian Life Insurance Society has pub
Ished in Loudon some statistics showing the
average duration Of life in Italy as compared with
that in other countries from which it appears that
the mortality of Italians is exceptionally great.
correspondent OF New York paper, in view
Of recent robberes OF bank messengers, sug gests
that the messengers wear conspicuous uniform,
ga brilliant red coat and cap" which would bring
citizens to their as, istancs IN case Of attack.
On the evacuation Of Venetia the Austrian
Government took away both woras Of art and
the very valuable historical documents. After
long negotiation tn, matt.r has been settled by
Austria returning the works Of art and retaining
tho documents.
England has another barbarian war on her
hands. Bishop Crowther, of Sierra Leone, went
on visitation up the Nile, was taken prisoner,
and in the course of escting his release by force
Of arms, the vics-Consu, Mr.. Fell, was killed
Evidsutly the Africans have no regard for ''pres-
tige."
"A singular robbery has been committed at the
Greek Treasury. The treasure chest requires
three different keys to open it, but it was opened
sad sorty-fvo thousand dracbmas were distracted
Suspicion has fallen on q well-known housebreaker
In the higher class OF society, who has escaped
from Greece.
Two New Orieahs merchants, who are charged
with defrauding firms in that city OF amounts
ranging as high as s15O, 900, were brought to New
York on MonIaY by detectives who, finding them
selves likely to be detained by writ OF habezs
corpus in New Orleans, spirited their prisoners
away, notwithstanding the eff rts of General Han
cock to intercept them.
The British army is very costly. In India it
amounts to $50 900 men, at an annual cost of $751;
00o, 900. Elsewhere in the British Empire it ID
12O 0J0 men, at an annual cost OF $4,000 0Oo The
navy costs annually s50,OO00O0. The total ex-
penditure for army and navy amounts to s21O,-
600 600 annually, or twice the French expenditure
for the same purposes.
The Cherokee Nation is reported to be in
condition ofp,osp rty The newly elected chief
recommends the establishment OF newspaper
there In the English and Cherokee languages. The
Southern branch Of the tribe, who separated from
at the beginning Of the rebellion, are said to be
returning. Cattle are not very abundant, but this
want is about the only thing marring Cherokee
prosperity.
1t has been found in Massachusetts, that the
mama for collecting cancelled stamps is cloak for
fraud and one person was arrested there who had
made this great business, and in whose possess
sion were found acids, which, he asserted, were
used simply to wash the stamps in order to ma o
condition that he should, for certain length Of
time, subject his correspondence to inspection.
The Deficiency Appropriation bill was report |
ed. 1t appropriates for reconstruction-First |
military district, $4,000; second military district,
S11J 600; third military district, S97, ,O0O fourth
military dis rict, s150000; fifth military district,
s25o0O0-total, s657,Oc0. For the quartermaster's
department, for the year ending June 80, 1858, |
S1a0Oo,O00. There are other minor items, |
amounting to s1O,O0Q making the whole amount |
Of the bill 81, ,567, 1000.
-Ihe Democratic gain in linois is simply inn
mense. Inc election of last month was merely for
county treas urers and surveyors, but it shows
wonderful change ftom last year. In the sixty
eight counties which have returned their votes
Logan had last year as Congressman at large, a
majority of IS 7s1 Now the Radicals carry them
by bare majority Of 55s5. This shows a oain
which, if proporsionate in the remaining tbirty.
four counties vii. give round Democratic majority
in the whole State. change Of some si1tv thous.
and votes in one year would be remarkable we're
1t not for the similar oh nges taking place oil over