The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-01
CURE ENT NOTES.

The Texas cattle have quadruplcd in num-
bers since the war.
The consumption of horsenesh continues
to increase in Europe.
England complains that the flour sent from
this country has alum In 1t.
Efforts are being made 10 replcnish the
streams of Vermont with salmon.
1t is reported that dissenting Mormons
continue to hold meetings in Utah.
A Connecticut Yankee has invented a ma
chine for feeding horses, poultry and cattle.
Philadelphia has five pastors who have
held the same pulpits for thirty-ive years each.
The emigration of the colored inhabitants
of Virginia to the Gulf States is on the increase.
1t requires twcnty-tlrec shorthand
writer's to take down the Gcumenical
speeches.
The sevcnty-four steamboat disasters on
Western rivers last year involved q loss Of over
sl,OOO,OOO.
John Martin, the Irish patriot, advocates
the settlement of Irish countrymen on the
lands of the West
The Fenian Congress is called to meet al
New York on the 10Th of April, to make final
preparations for active hosilities.
The English papers have accounts of a
recent wedding with seventeen bridesmaids,
tvsr clcrgymen and three bands Of music.
Alderman Edward Lynch, of Pittsburs,
Pa, has been sentenced to ten months inn
prisonment in the workhousc for mlsdemcanor
in office.
The word State spelled backward Is 6tdtS
in French. 1t is not safe, however, TO under
take to learn French simply by going back on
your English
"A battle is reported to have been recently
fought between the Osagcs and Apaches on
the Little Verdigris River, southern Kansas, in
which the latter were victorious, in1ictlnS +"
loss Of 100 upon the Osages.
News has been received Of the shpwrcck
and total loss Of the ram Atlanta. which had
Teen sold to the Salnavc government, in the
vicinity of Fortune Island, previous to the
18th inst. 1t is presumed that no lives were
lost.
The report on Paraguay will be laid be-
fore the Committee on Foreign Affairs by their
subcommittee In few days. 1t is understood
that the report severely condemns Admirals
Gordon and Davis, aad sustains cN-Minlstcr
Washburn.
The Radicals in the Louisiana Legislature
consented TO the repeal of the obnoxious
gambling law, which has already dcmoralized
the city, only when it became evident that
they would lose the fall elections unless the
nuisance was abatcd
Tho attempt to raise b. subscription, in
Boston, @ sum sufficient to p lrchasc the steam.
ships Erie and Ontario having failed, the d!-
reclors of the company have sold the Eric iot
$3.50. 200 to the parties who held lien upon 1t
The Ontario will probably be taken by the
bondholders.
Canada. it is stated, makes profllsc prom
iscs TO the Northwest halt-brccd insurgents oi
u transcon;incntal or Canada Pacific Railroad,
TO change the rapid Course Of events towards
annexation to the United States. On the other
hand Il land grant is asked by Minnesotians 10
the WlnncpcS border, so as to facilitate inter
course with the country.
1t is stated that tic United States assistant
treasurer has shipped from Sun Francisco from
two tu three millions of dollars in coin and q
considerable amount of currency overland,
during the past year, Of which no account has
been made public. The total shipments of
treasure for the year arc, therefore. estimated
at lorty-onc millions OF dollars.
English steamers are reported to BE- going
through the Sucz Canal without let Or lin
drance. The steamer Stirling, from Glasgow.
recently passed through in twelve hours, on
her way 10 Bombay, and other steamers were
following. On the Tyne they are building East
India steamers, constructed specially for the
purpose Of passing through the canal.
The Troy Times admits that the story OF
the rood fortune of the young Fort Edward
millincr must have been hoax, but it insists
that il is nearly, If not quite, three years since
she started the story of her rich inheritance,
and remarks. in the same breath, that through
all her dcmcanor has been unchanged, and
she has remained s'lhc same quiet, Hnprctcnd-
inr and modest sort OF girl" Unprctcnd-
ing
Professor LOOMS. Of Yale, has written q
letter in favor of the scheme for taking OBJ
seryations Of the approach of great storms.
He says such storms usually come from the
southwest to the northeast, anl can be easily
traced. He recommends the appointment OF
a connetcnt mcteorologst TO supcrintcnd the
matter, and believes that the increased securi-
ty to commerce will more than compensate for
the expense.
"A prisoner in the Toledo Jail writes to The
pancrs that there is "a certain amount Of meat
allowed TO make soup, but when you come to
consider that ten or twelve men, who are FL
voritcs employed in the kitchen and about the
jailor's stable, make practice of eating the
meat as becfsteaks at every meal, it is not eX-
traordinary that the remainder Of the prison.
crs have 10 live upon barley and water one
day, and peas with few oats another"
1t is reported that in some instances along
the line of travel from New York to Washing
ton farmers are at work in their fields plough
ing and fertiizing, while the grain crops, sown
last fall, appear lush and vcrnal. The fresh
fallow ground, glistcning in uptnrncd fur
rows, was suggestive of bob-o-links. straw
berry blossoms and other pleasant things.
Grass on some of the declivitles has taken a