The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-06
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"a Cotton closed in New York yesterday at Sic. Tor
tMiddling Uplanils. Gold was quoted at 1863.
n A bill has just passed the Legislature OF Illinois,
(which virtually abohshes capital punishment.
The Legislature Of Tennessee has plade call for
( military force to keep order in the State.
Secretary SEWARD has lately insured his LIE Tor
!. one hundred thousand dollars. Nature seems to
.shaYe done that long ago.
The name OF suRRATT is one Of the oldest In
= StMaryland.. The SUBRATTs we're French Catholics
ain Lord BALTnMoFE's time.
.BAYARp TAYLOR intends to, bring home from
abroad the greater part Of manuscript of fourth
novel, the scene to be laid on the continent, though
the characters IRE. American.
A compositor in the jackson Aississippiam Office
recently set and corrected in nine hours and thirty
minutes, sixteen Thousand eight hundred ems
{ brewer, one-third Of which was solid. -
/, There is great rejoicing among the department
clerks over the final passage OF the bill by Con-
gress giving them 20 per cent. increase on their
salaries, to date back one year.
Five dead bodies Tere found among the freight
in the Grsni Trunk Railroad Depot, at Buffalo.
They we're packed in flour barrels in nude state,
and bore no;mrks of violence.
GraEe chAfgss ofcruelty toward enlisted men
hsye been substantiated against General CUSTER,
which, with his political vagaries last summer, will
probablycs q. his rejection by the Senate.
The extensive locomotive and car factory in Al
e1andris, Va, which has been closed for some time,
is to be speedily reopened 1t viii give employ
ment to largo number Of mechanics and laborers.
The first College of the University of the South,
projected by Bishop POLK, WAS opened at Winches-
ter, Tenn. few weeks since, by Bishop QUMTARD.
It has five professorships, four tutorships, and
one hundred students.
The Montana Posi- announces that ten millions
Of gold dust were shipped from that city during
the past year, viz: Five millions by the Missouri
Biyer, four millions by passengers, and one million
by express.
The Senate Committee on Commerce have re-
ported aIbin allowing the duties on foreign mer-
chandise imported into the port of Albany, to be
secured and paid at that place. The bill makes
Albany port of delivery, and provides for the ap-
pointment Of Surveyor Of Customs. .z..4
!sssir, exclaimed an excited Radical, s7f the
rebels are going to be allowed to rule over us, then
the blood or The colored substitute for whom !
paid three hundred dollars was shed in vain-in
vain l"'s.,,.,.,Fs. 60.
At T o;na;c and other parts of Germany all the
vsa,b;no is done in immense public laundries, and
;. :, ~. n b.ve onlv three family washnes
dnrnQ az year. indeed this is the case in almost
every town and village of the whole country.
The Iynchthrx (ya.) Ne,rs says: seThe twenty
five hundred bales Of cotton which were at the
Tennesses Depot last week. have nearly all been
taken On to Norfolk by the southside Company.
But STEW car loads now remain to be shipped
The Bolton (Texas) Jo:s7al says large scope
OF prairie land ranging through Coryen county and
entering the northwest corner Of Bell, was swept
on the Sd by fire, which: did immense damage to
the Ane range and farms along its parkway.
United ststos Commissioner FOSTER issued war
rants for the arrest OF five Magistrates Ct the Cor
poration: Court Of Norfolk, for violations Of the
Civil Cghta Bill, in refusing to allow colored per-
sons to give evidence in court.
=. The surveys for location Of q cable to connect
the American coast with the leland OF Cubs has
been completed, and theSgFeatest depth OF water
found Is 800 feet, and at one point In the line
mountain SoM. feet high was discovered, rising
from the bottom Of the sea. 80 a's.
The Indians in Arizona and NeT Mexico are re-
ported to be still on the path. The military camp
on. the Memhqes had been broken up and the
ssttlera in thai vicinity had been compelled to flee.
Several murders had been committed and large
Amount Of property destroyed or stolen
Acorrespondent OF the doalanche says that, to
3is personal knowledge, fifteen hundred subst n
tiA houses have been erected in Memphis during
The last twelve months, and that most Of them are
fhs property y Of the sdisfranchised class" he
predicts that Memphis is destined to be the COM
imnadricisI n center Of the United States" 10
almost ruined By the occurrence of an earthquake,
which did not leave single place on the island
where it found it. There was great loss Of proper
~ and considerable loss Of life This is the third
severe earthquake that ths happened in 1867, the
othera occurring ID Algeria and in Sierra Leone -
BmnaRoK gints to clear the fashionable gam
bling bells 1f lNiesbadenf and Hamburg. But the
keepers oR these places have concluded contracts
With ehe Dukes Of Nassau and Hesse, which are
etill running TIL 1881, with the privilege of con-
fnnnr their fuinos sports I'LL 1881 They refuse
tatsss Of the situation. s,
The Columbus Sun says the vertical rise and fall!!
of the Uhsttaloochee is no less than sixty or sew
antty 1t feet ii ihe course Of the year. When the
river ID 1ow there Is exposed to view not only the
horizontal tertiary strata, but the subjscent creta-
ceous s deposits. containing ammonites, baculites
and other characteristic fossils. At Snake and
Bnstoic Greeks organic remains are found.
Mr.JuAs, ,Y,un,,s {. Chinese merchant at San Fran
cisco, hss not only learned the English language
and got as far as Bon joasr, Monsie,r, and We
qe1ts Mseaier, in the remaining Languages of world
ciyiization and commerce; but has interested him
saK in arts and sciences hitherto sealed book to
him, and even learned to sing ssweet Home" and
nlsy Yankee Doodle on the jewsharp.
chesterfield County, Virgins, has long been
noted for its coal, beds, and has Of late created
decided sensation by giving vague hints about hav-