The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-17


~ a vestige.
The people Of Frankfort Ky., were having
x,oriors time on ice, at last accounts. Skating
and game called sBandy" were all the go.
The railroads in this country employ SOo,ooo
men. and at least 600 men, women ana cnil-
dren, depend for their support upon the rallroao
interest.
Admiral SBsMrs has arrived at Alexandria, and
entered upon the duties Of the Professorshlp OF
Modern Philosophy, in the State Seminary to
which he was recently elected.
Three hundred million pounds Of tobacco is the
estimated crop of tobacco raised in the United
States the past year. Ten pounds to every person
is pretty good supply.
Returns received at the Office Of the Secretary OF
State, of Maine, show that during last year there
we're 265 bears killed in that State. In Penobocot
onnt7 alone there we're 1O9 killed. and in the town
of Lincoln, As.
The Iiynchburg Ne,os, Of the Sd, says fifteen
head of cattle, purchased in Southern Virginia.
n.ssed through that city recently whose agSre-
gate weight was $50 pounds, an average OF l864
nounds to the head.
The fnneral OF Gen. WV. .BARKsDALE, c. S. A.,
who was killed at Gettysburg, took place Thurs
dav from the State House in Jackson, Miss. The
ceremonies were very grand and imposing, and
The procession almost endless.
Foreign newspapers notice the fact that o line OF
staam carriages for common roads has just been
=astablished between Marseilles and Aubagne, a
distance Of ten miles. Three trains run daily each
vay and the cost per passenger for the round trip
is only about quarter Of q dollar.
The census Of New York city shows population
of hardly three-quarters of q million, and Brook
lyn has less than three hundred thousand-the
two cities footing up 1,022 764 In New York there
are 80 024 more women than men, and In Brooklyn
the excess Of women is 1887.
r. yas 40 cold in louisville the other day that
an Irish woman, washing at 3 wash tub, had the
garments frozen in her hands, and three lines Of
ssRory OMore" stretching from her mouth frozen
aa she sune them. We do not vouch for this, but
PRENTICE does.
,ne trial Of tie railroad robbers has been in
,roorees at Franklin Tennessee since Tuesday.
Ev.ns and CORNWALL, two Of the prisoners, gave
. evidence for the prosecution and confessed their
own quilt. The case for the prosecution was
closed yesterday.
The Philadelphia North American says the car
90 Ct wheat which lately arrived there from Cali
fornia, was brought all the way by sea from San
francisco at less rate per bushel than is charged
by railroad from Chicago. No more striking il
lustraton could be given Of the great disadvantage
of locations far in the interior.
man who advertised to give the "best Of
sound practical advice for fifty cents, that would
be applicable at any time, and to all persons and
conditions Of life, on application Of victim, 'per
mail" sent the following: "Never give a boy
dime !, ,atch your sladow while you climb a tree
To look into the middle Of next week. It don't
pay."
EDWARD MAeu1RE typo, of Saratoga Springs,
insists that the bones recently found at Cohoes
are not those of a mastodon, but Of an elephant
which was inferred in swamp at Cohoes in No
yember, 1928, and he brings forward in proof al
cold and reliable citizen of Saratoga who travel
ed with the menagerie to which the elephant be-
longed.
During the year 1885, 81 ,889 emigrants passed
Columbus, westward bound, against 15 14O in 865,
allowing an increase in year past Of 1919 OF the
a1 $50 reported, 1881 stopped in Ohio, 6876 in
Missouri, $3.50 in Illinois, 9125 in Indiana, $50 in
Tennessee, 81s in Wisconsin, 3S1 in Iowa, 1857 i'll
Kentucky, 245 in Michigan, 222 in Kansas, and 70
in Alabama.
An atrocous attempt was made a few days since
to blow up brick block at St. Joseph, NO., by
three or four parties who have not yet been arrest
ed. The proprietors Of the block discovered
lighted candle burning in the basement, with
train Of cotton leading to keg of power, and e1-
tinguished it in time to prevent the explosion.
There were about fifty people in the block.
An Oxford undergraduate came into the Bank
roptey Court in England, three or four weeks ago.,
with q trile less than $4,000 debts, and credit
side of ab:ut s2GO. His allowance had been f2OO
y wear. On that sum he had hired rooms on High
street, in addition to his college apartments in
Oriel and had frequented Langhala Hotel in Lon
don, and the Grande Hotel in Paris.
The death of a very aged member Of the British
aristocracy is announced. The Dowager Lady
YAHE. the widow Of man who lived one hundred
and six years ago, and who herself was ninety
three. has lust died She was the daughter OF Mr.
JoBN BowEaBANK, Of Johnby, Cumberland, and
WAS married to Sir Frederick FLETCHER VANE
seventy years ago. It is from this family that Earl
YANE is descended
The losses by the cattle disease in England IRE
set down in the newspapers Of that country at
SIT 1865, 600 in gold. OF the animals seized with
the disease 2l0,OOO are dead-the Government
slaughtered $4,000 to prevent tho spread Of the
plague. To these must be added 100000 other
animals that were prematurelJ butchered for fear
they might be attacked, tho meats from which
we're sold at about haH-price in the market.
An Oswego IN. " newspaper says that hog
cholera (trichinm) is raging throughout illinois
and northern Kentucky, and defying all remedies.
A western carcass, apparently healthy and un-
usually fat, was examined few days since, reveal
ine millions Of trichin@ in mouthful Of fat, vary
ing from atoms scarcely perceptible to worms two
inches long.
Some of the St. Louis capitalists have q grand
project for building five hundred dwellings four
miles from the city, embracing plan for gas and
water works. railroad direct to the location, and
other elements of full sized city It is said that
the necessary stock has already been subscribed,
and it is proposed to secure lessees tor houses in
advance Of the erection. There can be no doubt |
that the enterprise will be paying one, and at the
same time be a great convenience to renters.
Tho Baton Rouge Comet says that among the
donations lately received by the La |
dies Benevolent Association OF that city, from the
ladies' Of the Southern Fair Association at st. t
Louis was a large box crammed full Of dry goods, !
dreas goods and ready made dresses Of different |
sizes, all Of which have been safely slowed away
for careful and judicious distribution among the
suf. ring poor, as fast as emergencies requiring
such distribution are discovered.
Among the other defences Of England is vol
mteer staff corps, formed Of railway officials,
which is so thoroughly organized that it under
takes, Sin space Of thirty hours to place in any
given spot 10000 troops, $4,000 horses, and 100
guns" and not only that but 'to collect in twenty
four hours 1000 'navies' for the construction Of
and field works -