The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-15

The New York Tribune advises the colcred people
Of Virginia to follow the lead Of Gov. PEIRpoNT,
rather than that of Mr.. HuNN1ouTT.
The first Baptist Church in Petersburg, which
was struck by lightning and destroyed, has been
rebuilt, and on Sunday last was dedicated
Forty negroes left Norfolk on Thursday on their
way to Arkansas. They were hired at SIS per
month, rations and travelling expenses, to cult
vate cotton.
Bennett, Jr., will visit his fathers birthplace
before his return. The spot is in the village of
Newmill, opposite Keith, Scotland. This item will
be read with intense interest
The merchants Of st. Louis, at a meeting re-
Gently, adopted resolutions urging the Missouri
Legislature to PASS such laws as will restore the
:, credit of the State by July next.
They are shout establishing another Womens
Medical College in New York. Trustees have been
elected, and s25, 900 thousand has been subscribed
: for the purpose. Only So, 900 more is wanted.
letter from Berlin mentions the serious illness
Of Mr.. WRIGHT, the United States Minister to
Prussia. He is said to be much swollen from
dropsy, and his recovery is considered doubtful.
The pecuniary slringency is so great in Pitt
county, North Carolina that the people recently
Compelled the sheriff to burn up all his writs and
executions retarnable at court, refusing to be
elected from their homes, and being unable to
.psy.
It is said O.; Commodore VANDERBILT that he
can draw ofhanda bank check 10 larger amount
than any other capitalist in the country. Last
Saturday he depositeda Q check for million dol
lars in the Mechanics Bank ais purchase money for
st. Johns Park.
Those who denounce wOman's extravaganza
should read this A London shirt-maker has just
finished dozen shirts for gentleman, the price
ofwhich is E120. They are, it is stated, of the
finest cambria, and have fronts embroidered with
gold thread
The colored people of Charlotte have formed an
tst-emigration society to prevent, as far as pos
Gble, the emigration Of colored people from that
State. They insist that North Carolina colored
citizens should remain at home to develop the re-
sources Of their own State.
Mississippi papers announce that by new law
in that State the poll tax upon persons not having
Visible means Of support, or not in the employ Of
responsible person, is to be collected at the TINS
OF assessment; and If it cannot be collected, the
dsfsnlter is to be reported as vagrant.
The Goldsboro' Neaos Of Saturday says: 'sMrs.
JEEFKRscN DAVIS passed here this morning on the
Whining ton train going North. During the brief
stoppage Of the cars, Mr.. 81. Y. Z. HURON, on be-
half Of the citizens Of Goldsboro, presented Mrs.
DAvB handsome donation Of greenbacks.
A collection Of paintings was recently offered for
I sale in Paris. Prince NARBHKNE, rich Russian,
inspected them and asked the price Of the whole.
5000, ,0C0f" was the reply. 1T is bargain, said
The Prince, 81 will write you an, order for the
amount and you will hand me over the keys of the
room" z,
The accunl. alton of bullion for the last three
weeks in the STATE Of Nevada has begun to arrive
in San francisco. The quantity is enormous,
amounting to 3 great many tons. Military escort
: 1sse ebeen detailed for the purpose of protecting
!, the treasure during it's passage across the noun
tsips.. -
Gen. Howard has ordered BEAUMONT, Chief of
The Memphis Municipal Police, to be prosecuted
for arrestng negroes and hiring them to planters
fer stipulated sums. Report says he arrested
many negroes anG then released them from jail
without, any trial, by hiring them to planters for
Sums Of money varying from $40 to st5. =
From all We can learn, says the cambridge
Argus the farmers Of this whole region Of coqn-
Try, embracing the counties Of Early, Miller Ba.
ker, Mitchell ind Decatur, are actively and hope
fully engaged preparing their lands for the grow
dng season, and anticipate more bountiful harvest
the ensuing ELL than they gathered last year.
The stannton Spectator says on Sunday, the Sd
instant, whilst Colonel CLAY, another white man,
md eight negroes attempted to cross the river in
: q bout not far from the junction Of jackson and
the Cowpesture Rivers, the boat sank and four Of
(, The negroes we're drowned Colonel CLAY had COM
nand here for while utter the termination Of the
war. = s3t
A crazy Second, Adventist, in Herkimer county,
New York, has for ten years been feeding q big OK
for feast when CHR1sr should appear. He has
starved his other stock, and spent nearly all his
property in purchasing food for that OK: the OK a
few days since died Of surfeit, the owner having
but two days before refused a thousand ddoDarsdor
The animal .
A Washington letter says: "Among the many
applications for Office row pending, is one from
Springfield, Illinois, Of q patriot whose sole claims
: is that he held the umbrella over the President
when he made speech there in the rain, and he
cheered loudly whenever there was an opportunity.
This work, he thinks, should merit at least a
clerkship." -
Senior Don GAaRIEI GARcAY TAssARA, who, for
The last ten years, as most .acceptably represent
ed in the yIisa States the Government of Her
Catholic: Majesty in the quality of Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, presented
his letter Of recall to the President on Tuesday. a
complimentary Speech in the purest Castilian, was
made by him, and responded to in homely English
by the: President.
The Norfolk Journal of the 11th instant, in
speaking Of the steamer Washington, says: s'The
mon aizNal Of this vessel on Saturday from Rich
1fond wss due to the fresh ID James River, which
prevented her passage Of the distractions. 1t is
= matter Of wonder that the merchants Of Rich
mond allow distractions to exist which can be re-
moved so easily. Two years have elapsed since
the warended and yet navigation on James River
is checkeds'b q lot of old wrecks, rocks and
stumps which could be blown up in less than q
week"
The New York Times; referring to the possible
calling of Q Convention by the Legislature OF Vir-
ginia, says: ''of the ten excluded States, none
can compare with Virginia in,poItical influence
The rebel Confederacy was An insignificant affair
nntl the mother of States made it's fortunes her
own; and her policy is still looked up to by tho
South with respect that is felt for no other State
I1Ehe call Of Convention within her boundaries,
then, will, it may be hoped, add strength to the
movement that is in progress in Georgia and else
where"
AT the autograph sale on Wednesday night, in
New York, the signature OF Count De Grasse
cold for s11; Major-G General N. Greene, s21; Fitz
Greene Halleck, lis. poem, sl3; John Hancock
40. cbarIes Hardy SOS Patrick Henry e1o sO
General Robert Howe two autographs), s5S; Cap
Tain Charles Hudson, surrender Of Fort Moultrie,
1850 ss5; General Isaac Huger, sl2; Washington
irving. $11; Andrew Jackson, s.; Thomas Jeffer-
aon s1O: Count Kosciusko SIS; General Morgan
lewis. SO; General Francis Marion, s25; Cotton
Mather, $3.50; General VIM. Moultrie, s13.