The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
It costs s17s2 to carry a ton of letters across


It costs s1792 to carry ton Of letters across the
Atlantic. ---..z.5
Six thousand and eight hund1e ed tons Of freight
arrived at Atlantis, ga, in one week.
The Quakers propose to allow both sexes to sit
together. in church. The world moves.
M. A. HAWKES., Of st. Paul, insured his wife's
life, shot her accidentally, and has. been arrested
son purpose" - -,
A man adyertises in a sCleveland paper for 60
boy to take charge Of pair Of horses of religious
turn of mind"
The Atlanta Era computes the number Of desti-
lutte in Georgia, who have net the actual means o1
subsistence to be at least fifty thousand
Captain EDWARD R. MAoKEY, Of Charleston, s.
C., has disappeared, and is supposed to have been
accdently. drowned.
A Pixies Peaker, writng,to Minnesota journal,
says the miners arc very much discouraged In that
region-they. have to dig through solid vein OF
silver and four feet thick before they reach the
gold. = . .-,9.,-7s,s :
The Athens Banner states that planters from
Southwest Georgia and the West are still gather
ing up freedmen. Several gangs have left that
place lately. In some cases white laborers have
been employed, ,,.,:,:. 8
The people Of: Enporia, Kansas, have been 80
long cut off from communication with the rest OF
the world blythe present foods that they are re-
iuced to starvation diet. A. bear came into the
village recently, but fought his way out un-
harmed :-ltassst' a.
Bids for laying the Nicholson pavementin eleven
of the streets Of Memphis were opened on the
9th ultimo. The bids ranged from three dollars
and seyenty-four cents to six dollars per square
yard. Gen. FORREST was a bidder for the work on
each Of the streets.
A Houston paper says: .ssA white woman at
dended theatre Tuesday evening in the company
bf one of Africas noble sons. : The woman is q
school teacher, and was noticed by many, and
seemed u. BE- lovingly afec6onate to her ebony,
colored escort z----- = -.
The Congressional career Of tho Hon. iHEHRY J.
RA1nosDs pE the!:Nsw York Times, ended with the
expiration Of the Thirty-ninth Congress. A con-
temporary. thinks no representative. ought to be
40 populartliGe oharmea the: Gonsarry natives with
his speeches and the Radicals with his votes.
"A contemporary, speaking Of the bankrupt
law iast passed by Congress, says it sweeps
of stay laws, insolvent Laws, and imprisonment
for debt, and establishes q permanent system
whereby the relations between debtors and credit
prs can be adjusted 70 the advantage OF both par
lies. ..-;4i II: ss ~ :. !,
Since SO: MARIE left Rome q friend OF nus, CHAs.
Gaze; in the Papsl AouaEess who had known nisuR-
RAFT, has BEEN murdered IL is supposed that he
was Killed because it was suspected that he knew
of and sided IN the arrest'ef nue. sr.
61AnM mas in: Rome, after suRRArTs arrest, he re-
caived letters threatening bis death i he came to
the United States. ,zs.s.,,I-
Aittbsdaughttr Of ALFRED WoopapTT, Of Green
field, Michigan was bitten some time since BY q
zabid dog. AfeW days ago she was attacked by
aydrophobia, suffering tesible agonies, which con-
tinued till after consultation was had with physi-
clans, who decided that, as the sufferer could not
possibly survive, considerations of humanity de-
ansnded that her suiarings pc ended by some
means, in accordance with which, during severe
Paroxysn' the oh'ld was smotnerea =. eo.aeatn' e
The coast survey ONCE at washington mas ass. ls-
sued an:eEab0ratet series or Ioe@ ladies, IN pam
phlst form giytng the tine OF h1gn water ana lts
rise for every day in theyear at the principal ports
of the United ssates 4he '! data for these tables
were accumulated through the PerseVer7ng eto1 Is
OF the hte Prof sBAoHE, superintendent OF the
coast survey, and it ls intended 70 continue thelr
publication annually, agreeably 70 the plan OF the
English and French governments.
The BALTIMORE ~. n. Ce ference commenced lts
session on Wednesday last. Bishop FLEECE, kev.
DE-. LoYIK .1iRE, ". MEANs OF da., blsnop
DoaarTT and other distinguished dlvnes WILL De
in attendance: The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist
ssys: ssE6e nu1nber OF members expected to be IN
attendance vii, it is supposed, reach about one
hundred and forty II so, both the changes pro-
posed by the General ,Confesepce rene may be made,
md one OF the them lthe change Of name} almost
certainly viii be- made. ..~..-...,t-..
The Montgo Aduetisa says: "lt vii be-
sean from the dispatch under the telegraphio head,
Ehat thS enatotial branch Of the Virginia Legisa-
ture has PASSED . bill calling State Convention
nnder the provisions Of the Sherman Military Bill.
When the, Mother Of States and Statesmen slow
40 act in the time Of secession yet, bore the brunt
Af the four years contest, regards the eSigency as
Dne that requires immediate action, Alabama
should not be dilatory m following the example,
The raising Of cattle In Illinois has grown TO
enormous proportions. This State furnishes new
York with more live stock than all the other States
,combined. During 1866 the total number OF cattle
received ut New York was 298, 1882. Of this num-
Il ia stated upon reliable authority, r165 2S7
were received from Illinois alone The aggregate
vslue Of this live stock Was sSs,22s72s12 and Of
the shipments from the stste was 1885, ,302.62.
This exhibit gives q glimpse Of the gigantic pro-
portions Of Illinois agriculture.