The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-25

that thrce chief prizes were aWardeo eo 'ue
Emperors of Russia and of Austria, ior rhelr
great improvements in horse breeding; and TO
the Emperor of the French for his estaonsh-
ments and improvements for the oenent OF
agriculture.
Romeo, the vicious elephsnt which has
now killed three men, is penned up IN stout
wooden cage in Pennsylvania town. No one
dares approach him, and he loses the care1ui
attention and grooming to which he mao DE-
come accustomed. The owner, who pa'd wv
600 for the gentle creature, thinks having "an
elephant on his hands" Is more thai fgure
Of speech.
The velocity Of the gulf stream ID reported
by experienced navigators to have recenI'
been greatly increased, and the currents along
the Florida reefs are said t. be 30 suorg as al
most to draw steam vessel upon Che reefs
This phenomenon is supposed to be the result
of the recent convulsions Of the earth In the
West India region.
The Internal Revenue returns Of the Gales
of several leading houses indicate the general
business depression in the City of New York
during the past six months. The sales OF b. b.
C!afan & Co. last year were less than fifty MIL
lions OF dollars, and those Of a. 7. Stewart, 10
the wholesale department, were little more
than thirty-two millions-a falling ct OF more
than one-third from the sales Of 1855.
Tue American Colonization Society have
elected the following officers for the ensuing
wear: John q. B. Latrobe, president; Rev. T.
R. Gurley, honorary secretary; Rev. VIM. Nc
Lain. DID,, financial secretary and treasurer
Rev. John Orcutt, DID,, travelling secretary
VIM. Coppinger, corresponding and recording
secretary; executive committee, Harvey Lln's-
". NJ. D., chairman, Joseph 81. Bradley, Esq,
VIM. Gunton, Esq, Rev. George W. Samson,
DID,. Hon, Peter Parker, Hon. Samuel d.
Huntington, and Hon. John B. Kerr.
MIR. Seward sometimes fLlals his own
prophecies, as We discover from perusai Of
one Of his speeches., delivered September 18,
1860, IN which he said: ST can stand here and
look far off into the Northwest and see the
Russian as be busily occupies himself in es'
tablishing seaports and towns. and fortifca-
tions, as outports Of the empire Of St. Peters
burg, and can say go on, build up your out
DORIS to the Arctic Ocean. They will yet be-
come outports OF my own country. to extend
the civilization Of the United States In the
Northwest"
The New York correspondent Of the Phila-
delphia Ledger says: "The cable dispatches
in reference to Train this afternoon are looked
upon as putting much graver aspect on the
affair than most people heretofore supposed
could attach to it. If American citizens are to
be held responsible there for political speeches
made here, the universal opinion 10, that the
sooner official proclamation is made Of the fact
the bstter, so that oay public mon may not
walk into British jails unawares, Train 10
fussy, and many think good deal OF hum
bug, but, it is further said, that Goes not az
feet the principle ct stake. At ln eveEts'
Americans as well as Fenians are getting excl
ted about it, and on all hands the question Is,
what is the government going to do about
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