The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-17
NEWS SUMMARY.
,losed in New xork at 2saa2sc. for Mid

Cotton closed In new Aorh aI NosoA'S' "A -liOt
ding Uplands.
Cotton in Liverpool closed 11as11a for Middling
Uplands.
The Rev. Doctor YOUNG, of New York, has been
elected to the Episcopal Bishopric made vacant BY
the death Of Bishop RuTIEDaE.
The body Of LOUIS Fox, the missing Rochester
billiard player, who 80 mysteriously disappeared
in December last, was found recently floating in
the river at Charlotte, seven miles from that CITY,
The prospect Of plague of grasshoppers in
Kansas, Of which We made mention some weeks
since, is apparently being realized. The grass
hoppers are said to be SO thick in that region that
they scoop them up by the peck.
Three y,ung men named HAIIIENsBURa, Bu-
oHAaAN and :LAshY, have recently met death by
drowning, in Minnesota. One of them went ont
dnck-shooting on Pearl Lake in a large sap
kettle. ~
The report Of the Superintendent Of the Freed
mems Bureau for Tennessee, for Msrch, has been
made The number OF schools in the State is los;
pupils 1856; teachers 148. The interest in these
schools is rapidly increasing.
An exchange says that two large pigs Of lead
we're brought, during the war, from the South to
Rochester New York, oy Mr.. Enos G. Fraley. Not
long since Enos attempted to cut offs piece to run
into bullets, and found the metal was solid silver
Governor CRAWFORD, of Kansas, has ordered
Br1gadier- General HARVEY to Immediately COM
mence the enrolment Of the militia in the West
ern District to be ready to act in case Of any
trouble from the Indians during the summe-.
A Buffalo dispatch says the southern portion
OF the bay is, still blocked with ice, and that the
oh nT,s
unable to come up to the city, are suffering Sc
riously from the want Of provisions. Measures
are being taken for their speedy relief
The frost OF the night Of Tuesday, 7th inst, was
yary heavy in Indiana and illinois and the North
vast, and at many points the early fuits-especl-
slly the peaches-were entirely cut off or seriously
damaged. IN Ohio, no harm appears to have been
dnne ,i*Jf,5t#.s -.
The S4th Anniversary Of the American Anti
Slavery Society was celebrated in New York on the
17th instant. WENDELL PHILLIPS was tho chief
sneaker. Resolutions were passed cslling on Con-
press to impeach the President without delay, and
hvoring condscation.
The Indian Bureau has just issued for the
Senate, q long tabular statement Of the appro1lm-
ate number Of persons belonging to each tribe OF
Indians in the United States The total number ls
sos, ,465. The Cherokees, Apaches. Choctaws, and
Creek tribes average about Il, ,0OG each.
Adyioes ftom the seat Of war on the Plains state
that the Cheyennes have been driven north by
General HAaooCKs operations ON the Smoky Hill
route. Numerous war parties were on the road,
and the Pinsls and Apaches had declared war in.
Arizona. . aI:lpa f',.s 7ai
Completely successful arrangements have been
made, under the supervision Of Government En-
ainears; on one Of the gun-boats, establishing he
advantages or the use Of petroleum as fuel under
steam boilers. The apparatus used Was simple
snif ne1pensive, and no alteration OF the boiler
WAS required. .. !,
:. IN EnEnsn ravgrI-Keeper reccnuJ 1ru7oa-.-a
punctnaIity in this wise. Speaking OF one OF his
customers, he said: ssHe is the most regular man
IN Hsitwsfck;ke comes and gets drunk every sa-
4urdsy, and has done the same for ten years, e1-
cant when his mother died, and that time he came
ON Sundays, # isa grand thing TO bepunctua.
Mrs. WILLIAMS, late widow Of STEPHEN IE A. DOUG
1As, has commenced "a suit against ring OF
ChicIeosns, VINO, she alleges have been cheating
her and her children by stealing the estate OF her
lale husband. q An, exchange says: The sppica-
tion 10 The. Court discloses . finely ooncocted
scheme perpetrated uEders the guise Of friendship
for har Lite husband, - - !.
The Richmond Wing ssys that further ezauina-
tion OF tbs Fright Hope Pit, the scene Of the late
dissstrous explosion, has shown that fire is still
burning IN ,the Drift, Accordingly it was found
necesssxym Wednesday last to close the shafts
again: The fire now, In al probability, can only
be extinguished by rise OF water or by pumping
more wator in. i=.a-i-.
A sea Captain asserts that the Mississippi river
water will keep longer at sea than any other ana
in voyage in a packet ship from New York to
New Orleans, the passengers drank wafer which
was taken on board at the latter place, and had
been carried thence to Liverpool and back to New
Yorkosnd was units way to New Orleans again,
still more wholesome for the voyage than any that
oould be- procured p:e at New York.
The richest man in Paris, after Baron RoTHs-
ca1p, has; jaat died. His name was dREFFuIKE'
He hss LEFT clear fortune Of five million pounds
star3Se; 10 be divided among nephews and meces.
He WAS a;bill- diacounter by calling, but IN very
1ssee wsy!I sddoing" no bin under four Thousand
pounds. For fifty years he was a martyr to neu-
Islais; and during Il t!long period believed num-
self to be in danger, and even hoped for deatn.
Neuralgia is evidently the high road to riches.
The people Of Clarksvile, Tenn, and Montgom
cry County propose to have at their beautiful falr
Grounds, which are unsurpassed for spa2iousness
and elegance. o grand Tournament and Stock Fair,
on the 18th. S0th and S1st Of May. The Tourna-
nent will take place on the first day, on which oc-
caaion General BASIL DUKE will deliver an address
The successful knight will receive premium Of
t106 the championship to be contended for by
Kentucky and Tennessee.
The New York Tribune says: .sFive negroes SIT
npon the Grand Jury in Judge UNDERwooDs Court
andbefore them the President of the ConfederacJ
ia tn repeat the words: will be tried before God
and bymy peers.'" Upon this the New York Com
,,erc,a, Advertiser comments: "The Grand jury
has had its say already in regard to DAVIS and he
has no occasion, either in law or fact to 60 before
Them and repeat the words above placed in hls
month. His peers will be in the Petit Jury, ano
Il remains TO be seen whether they are OF mixed
nationahty."
Tan naval apprentices are to be selected by com,
petitiye examination from the two hundred ano
and seventy on board the Sabine at New London,
as naval cadets at Annapolis academy This IS
better plan than the one formerly followed al
over the country, of deciding such applications py
Congressional fayoritism. 1.-Two arc not mistaken,
Gen. S1cx1Es first inaugurated this practice, when
member Of Congress from the city of New York.
It was thus he made two appointments, ono for
West Point and the other for Annapolis, in 1S6o,
and his action found universal approval.
The Inauguration Of new religious sect" in
Scott Tp., sandusky Co., O., having occasioned
much feeling in the vicinity, meeting was held
4 H.
wfaith, man named GAY, took the stand, says
the Fremont Journal, and began singing and pray
ing that the sangels Of God would expel the an-
gels Of the devil from the house." Several carnal.
minded persons thereupon objected to his pro.