The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-12
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed IN NOW 1OIh LII u10A sV No2 AoA Al.>
ding Uplands and at 13d in Liverpool.
Gold closed at 34s.
Very fine leather is now manufactured a. san
Antonio, Texas.
A. proposition has gained favor in Virginia to
make produce alegal tender.
revolutionary mother in Westtield, N. Us ceie-
DRAFTED the birthday Of WASHINGTON, and the nun
airedth anniversary of her own birth.
The total loss. by fire during January, lS61, Win
in the limits Of the United States, was s4,O43oOo
and total loss in February was 81, ,405, ,O0O..
slsye in Brazil has carved statute Of Cupid
for which he has won the national medal tor the
best work of sculpture, and received hi liberty.
P1Us *, the Pope, is the two hundred and nifty
seventh Pontif who has sat in the Papal chair. nc
is now in his seventy year, and has been 1ol
:twenty one years the Pope.
II has been calculated that in Britain salmon
represents q value equivalent to that OF gooo
sized sheep, without imposing on any one the
trouble of housing and feeding.
The New York Rlrald has again ssswung rounc
the circle" and now nominates, as means for "a
great settlement General U. S. GRANT for Presi
DENT. and General II. E. LEE for Vice-President.
A Texas planter recently went on to Washington
and hired fifty freedmen. The Government
Maid all the expenses of their transportation. This
may be useful hint to others in sections where
labor is scarce.
The larger plantations in Louisiana are planted
in sugar the smaller ones in cotton. More rice
will be raised this year than formerly. The freed
men command higher wages-ffteen dollars
month and rationA.
New Jersey gives each Of her soldiers testi
monial in the shape Of an engraving, comprising
likeness Of Governor WARD, three war pictures
and series Of resolutions with letter from the
Governor in ornamental script.
Gen. B. E. LEE writes to friend in Louisiana
sI am glad to inform you that Washington Col
1ege is progressing as we'll as could be expected
;;y.c have nowth1ee hundred and forty academic
Students and twenty-five in the law class, with an
able corps Of teachers"
The beet sugar enterprise has proved a success
in 0hatsworth, Liyin ;ston County, Illinois. -Four
thousand tons Of beets we're raised last year On
four hundred acres Of prairie Land, at cost OF
four dollars ton, yielding 400 600 pounds Of re-
fined sugar.
The Gaze0e de France publishes statistics re-
specting the provincial press from whichitappears
there are two hundred and sixty seven country
papers in France. Out OF that number, only fifty
one are independent ); all the rest are more or less
in the dependency Of the Government.
The Latest version Of the ;Popes epigrammatc
description Of his distinguished English visitors ls
this: tsLord ClARENDoN Il Liked and understood.
MIR. GLADSTONE I liked, but couldn't understand
The Duke Of Argyle understood, but didn't Like.
Lord. RUSSELL didn't like, and didn't under
stand" ..s-,.r
General MANSFIELD, Adjutant- General of Indi-
ana, in his report to the Legislature on the cond-
lion Of the State militia, says it consists at present
of major-general ieutenant-general quarter
1nsster-general, and no privates; and he recon-
mends the passage Of q militia law that will add
some priystes to the force.
A proposition will come before the Missouri
Legislature in a. day or two to sell the Missouri
Pacific Railroad for three millions of dolars it be-
ing understood that responsible parties are ready
to give Iia5 amount for it. ST. Louis city and
county own large portion of the stock OF the
road, and tits urged that they should have the
first opportunity to buy it. s...
The Virgins and Tennessee Valley has just been
visited with the heaviest freshet that has occurred
within the memory of the Oldest inhabitant. The
whala valley from Lynchburg to Chattanooga has
been swept by the swollen streams The Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad is badly damaged at this
point, and two bridges On the East Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad are gone.
In London a large bill-posting firm has offered
the English Government SIC, 600 in gold year for
the privilege Of using the fence around hyde Park
for advertising purposes. In America, as On eVl-
dance Of the effect of advertising on the public, it
is said that when citizen CT New York recently
advertised fol wife, he received about eighteen
hundred answers from husbands, saying he could
have theirs. Gs2z.
The United States authorities have decided to
return the atJefE Davis mansion to the city Of
Richmond, aud as the Southern Orphan Associa-
fon" is thereby prevented from complying with
The contract made with the holders Of certificates
In their proposed gift enterprise, the agents have
been notiAedto discontinue the sale of certificates
tin further ordered, and to refund the money for
those already sold by them.
M. GEoRGE PEABODY, intending soon to leave
for England, informs those who have written to
him asking, loans of money, subscriptions to
churches, public charities, &C., or assistance for
themsalyes or others, that the great number Of
these communications has rendered it impossible
for him to read or answer, or even to open them
in parson. These letters, amounting to nearly
fer thousand, have been burned in his presence.
Somebody has been reading in scientific journal
an account of curious and recent invention de-
signed to catch safe burglars. The depredator no
sooner commences, in perfect ignorance Of the se
cret arrangements, to force open the door, drill
the lock, or move the safe, than by SO doing he
sends q telegraphic dispatch to the nearest police
Office, extiblting the number registered in the
police books Of the house in which the robbery is
being effected. -. -, - -. -. -
The grave OF the Revolutionary hero, General
IsRAEL PUTNAM, at Brooklyn, Conn.,, is neglected
and in danger Of being forgotten. The tablet
which formerly marked it is now locked up in a
store Of DANIEL P TYLER at that place, that yisi-
tors may be prevented from chopping it to pieces
Some years ago the State made an appropriation
dliitiion that the people of Windham county raised
an equal amount, which they failed to do.
The Edinburgh Co,srant is authority for the fol-
lowing statement in regard to Queen VICTORIA as
an author: s'Ihe preface to the collected speeches
OF the bats Prince Consort If not actually written
by her Majesty, was ut least inspired by her, and
her reputation for literary skill has on several oc-
casions given grounds to reports that her Majesty
has intended that her name should be included in
the roll Of royal authors A runnor of this kind
is again current and we understand that it is very
generally believed that her Majesty is actually pre-
pairing book of her own composition for the
press"
The Washington Chronicle suggests that each
State shall provide in Washington residences for
it's Senators and Representatives, the expenses Of
grounds, buildings and the like being borne by the
State. Would it not be simpler mode for Con-
gressmen TO vote themselves money enough out of
the United States Treasury to Fay for residences
What's the difficulty? The members OF the last