The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-03
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed yesterday in New York at lSsss
Tho centre of the United States is ono hundred
miles west of Fort Riley, Kansas.
The London Times admits to-day no one is strong
enough or reckless enoughto give decided no TO
American dictation.
No official information to date has been rccelVcd
at snnRrpASs headquarters that EscoHEDo mas
been hung or otherwise molosted.
PRENTICE saws: "Gcn. BUTLER carrios on war rs
little boys sleep 10 keep themselves warm-'spoon
fashion,"
The number Of emigrants that arrived at New
York from January list to December 26th, lS0G was
e97#S. The arrivals last year to the same t''1e
were 1S2, ,SS5.
The steamboat Fashion, plying bet~een slcAs-
burg and New Orleans was burp0o ABOVE oason
Rouge, La, on the 9th. Sixty hves are salu 10
have been lost, and two Thousand slA hun'loo
bales of cotton were consumed.
Thcrel are now about one thousand nea en-
nloyed upon the Great Eastern, lying IN the Alei-
s.y. She is to be thoroughly oyerhauled, and to
raca;ya two new boilers. On the goth OF March
nort she will leave to commence plying between
Eew York and Brest, under tho command OF ST
JAMES ANDERSON.
s,ecia orders have been sent to Collectors of In
t.rna, EsTenue to make personal examination OF
every distillery in thor districts, and summary
close all those that ore not scrupulonsly comply
inc with the requirements Of the Internal Revenue
Law.
Jud,e KxNNARp, of Galveston and Houston Dis
tr;ot ofTexas has decided that the lately enacted
stay Law Of Texas is unconstitutional This law
Ia similar to the one vetoed By Governor HUM
pHREss. of Mississippi, and provides for the pay
mant Of debts in execution in four annual install
ments.
The race in New Orleans Friday was attended by
the Congressional e1cursionists. There were four
entries, mile heats, best three in five. Tho race
was won by Malcolm, in three straight heats.
Ifme-150a, Isl. 1:502. Armstrong was second.
The Select Committee on the3 new postofice site
in City Hall Park, have finally agreed to let the
Government have the required ground for s3oo-
600, and Postmaster General RANDALL has slgnlheo
his intention of Immediately applying to Congress
for tho necessary appropriation to purchase tho
ground and commence the building.
The New York Tribune, Of the 9th ult., says:
e-The mortality report submitted yesterday to the
Board of Health shows that our weekly slaughter
OF innocents footed up forty-one, Of whom eleven
we're burned to death. This is not quite up to the
standard of last week, whom we roasted thirteen
persons"
Twenty tons or, by artificial measurement, forty
eight and a half square miles, of postage stamps
have been used during the year; enough to roof q
large township, with oil it's houses churches,
barns, gardens, forests and farms; or, you choose
TO make ribbon of them, enough to reach nearly
nom the equator to either pole, Or twice tho
length Of the Mississippi river.
Many Canadian clergymen are of strong ritual
istic tendencies. One Of them has of6cated at a
marriage in white silk gown; another has openly
declared the doctrine of confession; third has
published the "Priest's Prayer Book" in which the
doctrine Of confession, plonary absoution and
prayers for the dead are maintained. Tho Bishop
Of Toronto declares he sees nothing Objectionable
In all this.
The Russian Telegraph Line is progressing with
gratifying success. gentleman by tho name OF
GHoRan HERMAN formerly a talegraphic operator
at Cleveland, and now in the employ Of the Com
pany in Siberia, writes that the fierce tribes in
that region are friendly to the undertaking, that
the Topography Of that country is highly favorable
to the construction and that residence there is
not 30 disagreeable as has been pictured.
Frauds upon the revenue arc not contned to
whiskey distillers alone It is known that some of
our largest silk and lace importers have perpctrat-
ed huge swindles upon the Government by means
OF undervalued invoices or other contrivances
which they have invented to meet present emor-
gencies. Ono importing house alone vas con-
PEELED few wesks ago to pay $4,000 in gold for
an attempt to evade tao law.
For some time past many agents of houses in
Western and Eastern cities havo been selling
goods in Nashville, Tennessee, by sample. The
city council however, have just passed an act pro-
hibitng this, unless the parties shall first pay
three hundred dollars for an annual licsnse, and
ahall give bonds in the sum of five hundred dol
lars, with two securities, conditioned on making
an accurate monthly exhibit recording their sales,
and paying duty thereon Of ten per cent
A case of some interest has just been decided in
Montgomery, Ala, by Judge BUSTED, in which
the Bank Of Louisians was concerned. In 1852,
GEORGE STEVENSON, as agent o! the bank, btained
a pass through the lines from General BUTLER, and
purchased 15G bales Of cotton, which has since
been claimed by the Government. Judge BUSTED
has decided that General BUTLER could not issue
such an order undor ths Presidents non-inter-
course proclamation, and that the claimants arc
entitled to recover.
The Baltimore Transcript, of the 2sth ult., says
the attendance at the Southern Orphans Relief
Fair last night was not so fattering as on the pro-
vious evening; this, however, was owing to the in
tense cold weather. The receipts, so far, have
amounted to nearly $4,000, and it is expected that
ut the close of the fair $40 900 will be realized
there are number ofvaluable articles to be raflod
of. On New Years night calico ball will be held
In the hail. and the occasion will be one of the
most novel ever presented to the dancing commu-
nity.
A special telegram to the New York Herald,
states that the Congressional excursionists,
corted by several Of the citizens of Momphis, de-
parted on the regular train on the Mississippi and
Tennessee Railroad, and on arriving at Canton
were met by General P. T. BEAuREoARD, President
Of the New Orleans and jackson Railroad. The
General declared that he was in favor Of con-
soidated Government as the war had settled the
question of State rights, and that if it was in his
power he would not restore the institution Of
slavery. In saying this he believed he expressed
the sentiments of the fighting men of the South.
The Impression made by the General was most
favorable on oil tho members of the party.