The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-08

uon OF soup.
JENNIE BURNS aged only thirteen yesrs, has
been lecturing on temperance in Washington
County, New York, with remarkable success.
manufactory of printing types from vulcanizeo
rnbber has been started ct Dalston, England. Inc
type ia lighter than the metal kind costs only one
third as much, and is said to equal 1t in quality
and durability.
At the banquet given to the congressional party
in Nashville, Tenn, General FRANK CHEATHAh'
late of the Confederate army, when called on. as
President OF the meeting, foc speech, feiused'
but offered rs toast, ssHere's to the Union"
II is generally conceded that the test case as to
whether Alabama is State in the Union Will %
decided by tho Supreme Court in the affirmative,
md this decision will upset entirely, and perhaps
in advance, the project for turning that and the
other States into territories.
A suit Of Importance to distllers has been heard
at Buffalo, New York. q distiller being charged with
selling mash which contained sufficient alcohol to
make it liable to the tax on whiskey as vinegar
mash. Decision deferred for one month.
Tho New York Herald states that Tor the hrst
three months of R1sroR1's engagement IN America,
ending with the Goth of December, GRAt ,ad her, as
her share Of thSeceipts, free from expen.es about
ora hundred thousand dollars. comfortable
Christmas plum.
Two celebrated race horses, Dan Rice and Lamp
liqbter, have been seized by the Collector OF De-
troit. They were owned and kept in Canada, but
frequently taken to Detroit, ostensibly for pleas
ure drives, and recently sold without the payment
Of duties.
The girl-whipping sohoolmsster OF Cambridge,
says the Baltimore Transcript Of the 9th, has re-
ceiyed $3.50 from his friends as testimonial. Such
ia Massachusetts! She sheds tears and makes
lamentations over tho fancied wrongs of imaginary
negro in Alabama, and rewards her own women
whippers with purses Of $3.50 each.
The Atlanta InteAgencer, Of the 4th, says: Fol-
many days past the shipments Of mules through
this city has been large. They come from the blue
grass fields Of Kentucky, and are about as fine as
we have ever sean. They are intended, We learn,
for tho vast cotton regions Of Southwestern Geor.
eia, though large numbers of them are retained
for this locality. They are shipped in and out by
railway. - -
A countrymAn appeared in Richmond re-
Gently, with a sleigh that completely ecipsed
all that the city bloods have been yet able to
turn out Il consisted Of q hogshead, with the
aide seooped out, placed upon heavy wooden
rockers. The head and body Of the driver, who
looked aa snug as Lsplander in furs, only pro-
trrled far enough above the opening in the hogs
head to allow him to guide his old horse, "Blaze,
and avoid running into frazier crafts.
We perceive by OLE foreign hles that an actor
representing himself as Mr. JOSEPH BoorH, the
youngest son Of the late JuN1us BRuTUs BOOTH, is
playing at Edinburgh, and drawing large crowds
by his, inlpudent assumption. Mr.. JOSEPH BoorH
is not on the STAGE ind is at present in New York.
nor is any member Of the family in Europe. We
trust that this imposter who is represented tc he
Mr.. HEsRy MARBLE, Of Leavenworth, will find
his Just deserts.
The Milwaukee Netcs has IN elaborate article on
the wl,eat trade Of that city which, it seems, has
been considerably larger during the last year than
it was in 1885, although the wheat crop Of Wiscon-
sip was partially failure last season. The wheat
receipts Of Nilwanlio for 1866 amounted to 12 664
4$S bushels. while those Of Chicago, during the
same time, were bat II $50 991 bushels, difference
in favor of Milk sukee Of us, ,457 bushels Mlwau-
kee may, therefore, stil continue to make her
boast that she is the largest primary wheat depot
in the world. zs,gs=ssT -
It' ia said that at the Christmas dinner at the
Five Points House Of Industry, New York, eight
persons, four gentlemen and four ladies', met to-
eether. One Of them was q bank clerk, one law
yer, ONE in an extensive importing house. Two Of
the young l1dies were genteely married. All were
intelligent and IN good positions. Yet all four
were picked up in the streets "a vagrant children,
and we're. rescued by, this institution Of mercy.
The principal OF leading academy near New
York has . beautiful wife, who was rescued when a
little child from one Of the most degraded houses
at Five Points.
The Wilmington Journal, Of the 5th, says (: We
noticed yesterday thnt the steamship Fairbanks
from New York, was being ladened at the wharf OF
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. This is
indicative Of the fact that that company is doing
quite large business in the forwarding line, and
have, we learn, generally quite large quantity Of
freight for shipment This company have become
forwarders ss well a, transporters OF freight, and
do considerable business for the people residing
along the line Of the road, much to the annoyance
Of our merchants, who consider it that much busi-
ness taken from their hands by acorporation.
The wadesboro' argus, Of the Sd, says ssWe
regret to learn that the relief asked for from the
State for :. the Cheraw and Coalfelds Rail-
road was defeated in the senate--Glled by
ita own friends. In connection with the ear
" completion ct tho Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherior;iton, and the Cheraw and Coalields
Road, We had hored for much benefit to this sec
sion. We do not despair yet, however, that the
State wil do something to help this company out
Of the miro: Major townsend, President Of tho
company, is man Of too much ''pluck" to let the
matter rest where it is."
The Hartford Coardnt gives list Of fifteen Of
the soundest and most wealthy insurance COM
panien in the country, for the purpose Of showing
how improbable tho insurance business has been
Of late. In this List, representing s13,0O0,000 Of
capital only three have their capital unimpaired
$79, 900, on capital OF about 81, 0O0, ,0O0 As an
offset to this, it must be remembered that the in
suranee companies have, until recently, been MAX
ing large gains, and that their present capitals
frequently represent earnings declared on stock
dividends.
In speaking Of the Hon. GARRETT DAVIS, Senator
from Kentucky, who earnestly appealed to the Ad-
mtnishation and to Congress all through the war,
to hold fast to the Constitution, the Journal Of
Commerce says :''1,he decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, recently published, on
thb subject Of military commissioners and their ju-
tisdiction, is remarkable endorsement Of the
oourss pursued by Mr. DAVIS in the Senate, and
should convince the Northern people that it is pos
ible, in times Of excitement, to condemn as unpa-
triotic what is in reality the highest duty and
most worthy course Of apublic man."
Avery successful Teachers Institute was held
at Fndlay, Ohio, during the last week of Decem-
ber, conducted by Professor T. W. RARvEY, Of
PaineBvile, assisted by E. MILLER, of Findlay, MIR.
NrsMKsopE, OF Fostoria, and others. Over one
hundred teachers were present, and the proceed
inpp we're highly satisfactory to all concerned