The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-05

Democrats and Conservatives. The vote stood Is
against Al for BR1sTow, with few scattering
votes.
Mr. BEEcHER's congregation talk of charterins
steamer next Summer, and making trip to the
Holy Land, Egypt, the Crimsa, Greece, and inter
mediate points Of interest, with their pastor and
his family in the cabin.
Governor MORTON last Thursday sent in to the
Indiana Legislature his resignation of tho Exeeu-
tive efice. He recommended his successor, Gov
ernor BAKER, as being arle, patriotic, and faith
fu!"
The young and accomplished CHRIsTopHER Co.
LuMBUs, descendant Of the great discoverer, has
taken possession eg his fathers estates, and title
Of Duke of Veraasua, in Spain. Don PEDRO Co
LUMBUs, OF, as they call him in Spain, Don PEDRO
CoLoN, the father of CBR1srornER, died 2sth De-
cember.
Our Atlnnta exchanges state that several citi-
zens are in jail in that place for innecently dis
playing the Confederate flag in o tableau. It is
stated also that the Yankee commander even or
dered the ladies' to be arrested, but the arrestng
officer refused to obey him.
From 1860 to 1865, 1852 persons wore killed and
Also injured by railroad accidents in England. The
several railroad companies paid large sums in 1866
as compensation to passengers for injuries. The
ION principal companies paid total Of 81 442 $50.
Large quantities OF specie are constantly passing
through Chattanooga from New Orleans to New
York. Its ultimate destination is, in most cases,
England The editor of the american Union saw
the other day two kegs Of silver marked $4,000
each; and eight or ten boxes of gold, valued at
about $780, 900.
An officer at Fort Phil Kearney writes that the
three post forts, Reno, Smith and Kearney, are in
state Of siege. Their garrisons amount in the
aggregate to four hundred men and six pieces of
artillery, while four Or five thousand Blaclfeet,
Cheyenne and Apachees are encamped in the
vicinity.
The Montgomery Aduertiser states that there
is great destitution among tho poor Of that city.
For two weeks there have been no Government
supplies on hand, and the unfortunate are obliged
to appeal to private charity. Many Of the women
assert that they have been two days successfully
without. food for themselves and Their children.
A new and great movement for The reformation
OF ths Roman Church is said to be going on in
Mexico. Its object is to break off from the old
Roman Church, for the reasons, as charged, that
Al0OQk0 AsOAhlou A14lAuoASSS WC1D 5SIIt Et9uC4
armies which have invaded Mexico, and deluged
the land with republican blood. The Imperialists
propose to stop it by the old-fashioned plan of
hanging and shooting.
Tho Secretary of War directs that where depo-
sits are made to the credit of the Treasurer Of the
United States by disbursing officers or agents un-
der the direction of the War Department or it's Bu-
reaus the original certificate Of deposit should be
sent to the Secretary of the Treasury through the
head of the Bureau Of the War Department.
Tho United States Treasurer has issued new
rules for the redemption Of fractional and other
United States notes. that from whatever cause
hayo become unfit for circulation. Under these
rales all National Banks that have been desig-
mated as repositories Of public money are required
to cooperate in the work Of redemption except of
such notes as are designated as nutilatod by the
Department.
A French newspaper states, with regard to the
parasites found in the potato, that the microscope
reveals to us the existence Of q small black spot,
Of the diameter of a pins head in the potato. In
this small space can be detected some two hun
dred ferocious animals Of coleoptric form, which
bite and tear each other with continued fury. It
is easy to comprehend the potato disease when
such an intestine warfare Is raging.
It is estimated by those who ought to know, that
at present, in round numbers, there are about
1900 900 Free and Accepted Nasons ncattered upon
the face Of the globe. OF this number, some 15O,-
O0O arc in England 100 O0) in Scotland and So 600
in ireland. There are about 6oO,0 900 on the CONT
nent of Europe; s0O 600 in the United States, and
$1,000 in other parts Of the world. In England
w.
every year.
Tie Nashville Dispatch, Of january 10th, says
ga party Of twenty Indians from the Choctaw Ma
ton arc in the city, consisting OF young squaws
and braves. They are well dressed and seem en-
tirey di1csted Of the Wild ferocity of their tribe
when they roamed the untamed forests Of North
America. Those Indians, We are informed, are
here for the purpose Of going to school. They
visited both Houses Of the Legislature yesterday,
and attracted considerable attention."
Among the rich coal fields of Southern Illinois
is coal bed Of some q, 900 acros not far from
Chester on the Mississippi River, and about sixty
miles below st. Louis. Over Is, 600 acres Of this
bed explorations have been made to such an e1-
tent as will show that tho greater part, if not the
whole of it, is underlaid with three strata OF coal
the upper one of which is thirty-si1 feet beneath
the surface and six feet thick but With good
limestone ru>i, the next beneath it, seyenty-seren
feet doep, and four and half feet thick, and the
1owermost ono hundred and nineteen feet deep and
six feet thick. The coal found in this bed is Of
remarkable excellence.
The Mormon leaders are inclined to exagrerate |
their numbers, and set down the population Of
Salt L.ke City at Is GOO; but the Gentiles pointing
to the census Of 1860, which gave but 295 in all
Utah, say there cannot be over rs, 900 now in the
entire Territory. A gentleman who has investi-
gated the matter somewhat fully this season, be-
ieyes the true population is about 100000 ,onls
for the Territory and oOs or 5000 for tho city
Yet because an ordinary sized house, which at the
East would scarcely be occupied by eight or ten
people, is here found to comprise within its four
walls, from two to twenty wives, each surrounded
by large, interesting and constantly increasing
family, it is matter Of no small difficulty to esti
mate the people by the number of their dwellings,
Children fairly swarm. Stout, strongly-built, rsdd7
faced it must bc confessed that 10 far as physical
deterioration is concerned, polygamy cannot be
Justly charged with dcgenerating the rnce.
We learn from the Newport Hoo,ier State that
Tho well at Lodi, Fountain County was bored last
week, sone thirty-three and half feet deoper, Of
which twenty-five feet was through gray sand
stone, with j thin strata Of limestone. The last
sight feet and six inches was white compact crys-
talline limestone or marble, hard enough to mark
glass. The well before was dischargae from two
thousand to three thousand barrels or white sui
phur weter. This deepening increased the flow
wonderfully and it is estimated that the water dis
charged would amount to from two hundred thou
per day, thus more than doubling the discharge
Of tho famous 'sGcanotte" well at the Hotel ies
lnvalides in Paris. The temperature OF the well
has increased one degree Fahrenheit for eysry
dtey-dve feet passed in going down. The present
temperature Of arteslan water is seventy degrees
This well is certainly one Of the wonders Of the
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