The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-12

EARTHouAKE IN BElG1UM.-SeveraI shocks of or
earthquake, which lnsted some seconds, were fell
= at Spn, i'm Belgium, towards noon on the I'd o
2 January-the day Of the great earthquake IN AL
geria.
MurUAr AfD SOCIETIES IN FRANCE the enc
Of 1866 there were in France 5288 mutual aid sccie
ties Of various kinds repres ening property to thu
amount OF about Fl 500, 600 steEing.i
FRrsooEs..- The Louvre Museum has just pur.
chased six fescoess by Luni from o palace si
. Milan. They are said to- be important both from
Z Their size and artistic merit. ss.ass5.
YESucE.lThe first Italian sermon preached il
Venice was delivered on Christmas Day in the
Church Of the Holy Apostles. =
a NEWSPAPER IDEA.-A society, entitled ,ss1hc
Newspaper Press Defence Association, is in course
Of formation in England, it's object being to assst
proprietors and editors of newspapers In repulsng
unjust attacks incurred by them IN the execution
Of their duties. - s., -. = @
AssAssNAIIeN.-The Paris papers give curious
STATISTICS :of assassination. The proportion OF
murders is: In England one in CTS 600 souls; Hol-
land one in 16S 00O Prussia, one in 100 600; Aus
: tria one in u, 600. Tie writer's have left Franco
. out Of the calculation.
"a New NEEDLE-GUN.-An engineer of Trente,
France, M. Garolo, has invented new needle gun
which fires fifteen shots a minute. The gun is
four feet long, weighs seven and 8 half pounds,
and carries o ball five and a half lines in Diameter.
IHE PARIS GuBs-Tha director Of the Paris
police N. Pietri has informed the various Parisian
clubs Tint they will be Immediately closed if any
games Of hazard such as baccarat, ansquenet, &C.,
are played at them.
ANCIENT SmHFR CoNs.-A man While ploughing
up headland on Chanton Farm, in Sussex, Eng
LAND, threw out OF the furrow an old crock, OF
earthenware pot, containing 3 number Of coins
chiefly Of the time of Edward the Ccnfessor and
Harold. They we're all packed in the crock on their
edges, as closely as possible, and had evidently
manned undisturbed since first hidden.
a HUaE ANcHoR.-The largest anchor in the
world has been completed for the Great Eastern
tons, exclusive Of the stock length Of the shank,
twenty feet six inches length OF wood stock nine
teen feet six inches; tread Of arms seven feet four
inches. The anchor has been Proved and found
to stand the strain of one hundred tons.
sRAIs.-Advices from Flushing state that for
basins Of that place. Last month one OF colossal
size was killed. These animals are attracted by
the shoals Of sardines which are just now passing
through these waters, and these latter are caught
in such abundance that they are sold at ono penny
the bucketful.
A WARNMa-It has been discovered at the Gen
eral Postofhce in England that many persons in
the United States are in the habit of sending over
to this country sums OF money wrapped in news
papers In consequence of the existence Of this
practice American papers are now examined at St.
Martini Grand. It is impossible to examine
every paper; but selections arc made at London
and frequent seizures are the result.
PAuPER1sM IN LONDON AND PAR1s.-London pau
perism is nearly five times as great as that Of
Paris. The authority for this statement is NJ. dc
Ponies. late French project, who has elaborately
examined tho social condition Of ENGLAND, and has
collected from various official documents The sta
tistics Of eleemosynary efforts in this metropolis
and in that Of Franco. In Paris there is no casual
ward, and no need of one.
has lately made report to the Academy ny
osad tendency to the consumption of alcohol by
the II ERE French nation. hundred years ago, France
hsstoltres or Zoo SoGne oe
oIeyes That an increasing tendency towards mental
isease has boon BY the increasing con-
SPIRITS and an official liz sopGEs pPeTss .is
ae nS ALCOHOL accounting for onefth OF the In
sanity in France This statement VII not sur u
vho are tsaE Et ba daan snu teRof's