The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-25
NEWS SUMMARY.

".
erly of the staff Of General Bishop Polk, has been
elected United States Senator.
Rear Admiral FLETCHER, U. s. n, has been dec
grated with Cross Of honor by Queen EMMA, OF
the Sandwich Islands.
Maine is receiving supply of flour from Califor-
mia, and gets it cheaper from there than she can
from Chicago.
The attempt to smuggle by mail 5000 worth Of
diamonds set in cork shaving failed in New York,
Thursday, and the jewels were. confscated.f
. Tie Louisianians, says the Norfolk Journal, who
came hther in search Of laborers for their planta-
tions, returned home few days since without hav-
ing obtained single one.
:, The dials Of the English Parliament clocks are
twenty.two feet in diameter, the largest in the
world. Every half minute the point of the minute
hand moves nearly seven inches.
The Wanganui Times, New Zealand paper,
claims for the war with the Maoris the queshonac
BILE honor of being the longest war on record.
With little .intermission, It has continued from
1874 to the present day. : -.
The pecuniary stringency is so great in Pitt
county, N. c., that the people recently compelled
tho sheriff to burn up all his writs and executions
returnable at court, refusing to be elected from
their homes, and being unable topay.
n A season ticket to the Paris Exhibition ncud-
ING admission ON the day Of opening, costs sixty
francs, is strictly personal, and accompanied by
the signature or. photographic representation Of
the owner. :. 80 = ~. -.oz
within the limits Of the United States and terri
tories there are L, ,675 Baptist churches with
1043.6A members, and s0Ss ordained minister's.
This sect also controls 20 colleges and IS theologi-
], cal Beninaries. 'iji. &C..
"A gold mine is said to have been discovered on
the farm Of JOHN WnBoRN, in Marion county, Ky.
Lots twenty feet square are. held at $4,000 eaeh
It is not said whether any have been bought,
though the specimens found appear to be the gen
nine DetaL
Th, SnRhern Christian Aduocate says that the
proposition to change the name Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, submitted to the Annual
Conferences by the General Conference, has been
defeated. It is believed that the Lay Delegation
proposition stands q chance Of sharing the same
4ate. ma. - -. =: siTz&L
The Japanese Ambassador now n Paris will visit
che, United States before returning home Hist
name is Ko-ToLE, and he bears the title Of YAMATo-
No-KAn. Heis Minister Of Foreign Affairs at
Of one Of the largest provinces.
Mr. B. D. BRowER, Of Buffalo, who was one
the first American merchants to enter Japan, pos
sesses d statuette idol from one Of the Japanese
temples, representing the god of writing, or the
apotheosized inventor Of written language. It is
formed of clay, very finely moulded, very firmly
: hardened and bronzed OF gilt. - :
Th3 New York societe Culinaire Philantropique,
j, zsyeits first annual ball recently at the Ger
mania Assembly Rooms, for the benefit OF widows
and orphans. There was very fine supper. The
feature Of it WAS, that every member supplied some
/ dish Of his own manufacture. ...-! -,
The publishing house Of the Mama N Printing
Gorapsny. in Gneinnati, vvee destroyed by fire on
+a.se.Hih INST. An edition Of 1000 copies Of BASIL
DuxRs History OF Morgan,s CaYalrY' and a large
nr1ntcr or otner p6uKs were destroyed LOSS
ss5, COO; insured for $50, 600. .,sszs.Es
af eFhe MISSISSIPPI; steamer DGod Whsse, plying 2e-
tween New Orleans and Louisville, WAS blown up
near Columbia, Ark, on. Sunday, and thirty-eight
persons are known to have been killed and nine
TEEN wounded. There are sixty-ave passengers
missing, whose names are unknown, as the books
were lost.
The Maryland Republicans are very generally
signing apetition asking the Omitted States Senate
not TO admit Gov. Swl-S to aseat in that body
next March, asserting that hesecured his election
through corruption and fraud. GOV. SWAMI will
sdoubtIess ah1e sroqEToN's fate, and be s:histed"
out OF his seat.
The hbsl eguit sof CHARLES READE, the English
novelist, against the proprietors Of the Round
Table, libel BENG. In the shape Of unjust
sfN.. n 30 hokor fha
New York courts. READE considers himself
damaged s2s worth, which isa great deal more
thantha Round Iable,s opinions everamounted to.
,AaW1hota family in Philadelphia was discovered
last week 10 almost the last stages Of starvation,
and theherrpr Of the scene was heightened by the
discovery Of the appalling fact that the father Of
The family, Who had died ten days ago, was still
nnbnried, from Rack Ut the necessary means to
deftay the expenses Of sepulture 9
The Deseret Nesas Mormon organ) processes to
believe that Western spectators and contractors
insEgated the so-caIled Mormon crusade, and sug-
Reststhat theeasiest way Of settling the difficulty
is to give BR1aHAM YouNa & Co. the State Govern
ment which they are petihoning for, and fair
chance to develop sthe! greatest social problem Of
tho age.n ;"
sAn Intelligent correspondent Of the MSl,oauEee
Wisconstn, who is travelling in New York and New
Englhnd, writes gloonily Of the condition OF me-
shanios, artisans. and laboreSs IN the Eastern and
Middle States. He says the stagnation in bust
ness, has mot been equalled since 1861, when the
country was snitten with torpoc, before the civil
war.
The London Times has an account Of q young
r1sdy; who, understhe guidance of her confessor;
took syow Of celibscy for two years, unknown to
her parents. An offer OF marnsge was subsequent
a1y made to her with approval Hwas not proposed
that she should marry until the period Of her VOW
had expired; but she had scruples in doing so
even ithan, unless hor director would give his
sanction He ssolicited by her parents to grant
it, but ks refused, and the Lady died single. Tie
confessor was the distng guished Dr. Pussy himself
The recent decIsion of the Supreme Court Of the
United States encounters an influential opposition
near st hand. The highest Court Of the District Of
Columbia has come to an unanimous opinion thai
the test oath is constitutional, which may startle
the worshippers of venerable and moss-grown
Judiciary. The District Court, after controverting
the positions Of the United States Supreme Court
does not feel bound to regard it's decisions as man
datory, and refuses to set aside it's own rule, re-
quiring the test oath to be taken by attorneys
practcing within its jurisdiction.
/. The New York Posi- states that contract has
bean made by a company for a cable Of superior
construction and material, to be laid down between
the United States and Portugal. Starting from
some point on cur coast, it will be carried to Ber-
nuda, and thence to the Azores, and land in Lis
bon. It is claimed that the laying Of the line be-
tween the points mentioned involves much less
labor, expense and risk, than that Of the British
company That there is but little danger Of failure
in this respect is evident from the fact that estab
1shed companies agree TO complete the work,
taking the responsibility Of failure. Another ad-
vantsge in this line viii be that If one section of
the cableis, broken the others ara not rendered