The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-06
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ing five to the pound.
Thirty car loads of live stock come east
ward over the Kansas Pacific Railway daily.
"A movement isS ON foot for the establish
ment OF "a cotton factory in Savannah.
The Chinese rebels have met with recent
successes and Pekin is seriously threatened.
The Governor Of New Hampshire has
vetoed bill repeating the usury law Of that
State.
"A couple in Chicago. aged respectively 81
and 90 years. have been divorced, after mar
ried life Of five summers.
The Round Table is Of opinion that the
Democrats can elect Chief Justice Chase, but
can't elect any other man.
gs --One hotel in New York has already put
down thousand cots for what are satirically
called s.guests."
The New Orleans and Jackson Railroad
has effected loan of 81 900 900 for one year, at
four per cent, in New York.
The contract has been signed in New York
for tae building of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, and the Macon papers are exceed
ingy rejoiced thereat.
General Frank Blair holds that the Recon-
.struction acts Of Congress are unconstitution-
al, and that the test oath for voters is of like
character.
"A man Was killed on Friday by q stray shot
from some one OF the target shooters at the
New York Schutzenfests which caused the
shooting to be suspended on the grounds.
THE Legislature OF Louisiana, as officially
announced by General Buchanan, stands 20
Republicans to is Democrats in the Senate,
and 5S Republicans to IS Democr ats in the
House.
Z Colonel ]. B. Sneed, the well-known editor
of the Macon Telesraphs and more recently
editor aud proprietor, Of the Savannah Adyer-
tiser, sin Macon very, i'll nom an attack Of
brain fever.
More than, thirty of the first citizens OF
Columbus left for Atlanta on Thursday. They
GO in order that they may be present at the
trial now in progress there, and to give assur-
ancs Of the sympathy and good will OF Column
& bus for the prisoners.
"a dispatch from New York to the Louis
vile Courier says that Chief Justice Chase had
written q letter, TO John Cisco, Esq, Of that
city, pledging himself unrsservedly to support
the nominee OF the Democratic National Con-
ycnton for President.
z J--An experiment, made last year in Germa-
ny in planting potatoes. showed that where the
sseyese had first been removed, the yield was
four times as great as where they were Left in
their place.. It was found that where an old
seys had been rabbed off, three or four new
ones made their appearance.
1t is reported that tho President is about
to create new military department in the
South, to which General Rousseau is to be as
signed, with headquarters at New Orleans.
( This district will embrace Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas, and win be styled the Department of
the Gull.
!. The exact phraseology Of the law repeating
the cotton tax having become matter of dis
pute, certified copy OF the act has been pro-
cured from Washington by the Journal Of Com
me-ce. The law reads, all cotton grown in the
United States after the year 1857 shall be e1-
empt from internal tax, and cotton imported
from foreign countries on and after November
list, 1855, shall be exempt from duty.
-Ths scientific world, and especially that por.
! ton oft who have made The study of medi-
!, cine and surgery their profession, cannot fail
to be intensely interested in the fact which has
recently come to our knowledge, Of the deter
smination Of Chang and Eng, the Siamese
twins, to proceed to Paris to submit to surgi-
cal operation for the purpose of discovering
the wonderful link that has so long bound
them together.
MIR. Donnelly, member OF Congress from
Minnesota, has written reply to letter
F. from citizen Of that State in relation 10 the
extension Of the one-year limitation in the
: Bankrupt law, in which he says: 81 conferred
" with. Mr. Trumbull, of the Senate, before
!. whose committee the bill now is, and he in
formed me the committee had concluded to
report adversely upon the ball. The BILL as
syon are aware, has already passed the House,
but this action of the Senate committee will
prevent its becoming law. I sincerely regret
This, for the extension of the limitation in
: question is just and righteous measure
The provisions Of the Peabody Educational
Fund do not extend to. MARYLAND, Kentucky,
2 Missouri and Texas. Attention has thus far
been given only to the largest towns and cities.
In these it was found that only about one-third
of the white children, generally t1om the veal
thier families, were attending schools; about
Stwo-thirds Of the colored children were in some
sway provided with means Of education and were
actually at schools. Inseven ofthe States free
schools have thus been established in the prin-
cipal cities, the authorities aiding in supplying
funds, and the plan has met with the earnest
cooperation and sympathy Of the intelligent
portion Of the people.
I'm relation to the condition Of the crops,
the Agricultural Department reports an in
crease acreage in nearly every State. There is
no increase in the fall acreage Of New England
except four per cent. in Vermont. In Pennsyl-
Yania the acreage is very slightly enlarged
about threei per cent. for winter wheat. In
Delaware a reduction Of seven per cent: ap-
pears, while ap increase Of nine per cent. is
, ahown in Maryland, eleven in Virginia, seven
!: Teen in Nossh Carolina, twenty-one in South
&carolins, eleven in Georgia, ten in Alabama,
hfty-three mississippi, ,thirty-one in Arkan-
.ess Bortv f,:fEen,Jassea and thirty in West