The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-09-11
News Summary.

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The President is expected to arrive in Cincir
natl to-day, and will proceed from there to Pitts
hnra Baltimore and Washington, where he is ez
neuo,ted by Saturday night. Great preparation
are everywhere making for hisreception. :.
3. Herr Won .DREysE, the inventor OF the neeole
gun, has constructed new rifle, in every respeo
tac.sinsis of the old but three pounds lghter
and wholly Of iron. He has also co mpleted neV
and most effective cannon. :,
The latest advices from Paris announce tnae .nt
Exposition buildings are rapidly approacnlpt
completion. The. preparations were commenced
in good time, and there is every hope to expec
that everything will be- ready in ample time fo' o.
the opening Of the exhibition next year. e.
S, From the. Report Of the5 New Orleans Board o.
Health, for the twenty four hours preceding, . a
NJ. September 4, we learn that there were thirty
two DEATHS, eighteen of these from cholera, one
from yellow fever, the others from various ordna
rs Diseases "a a. 3, 81 ia,
The Washington Chronicle reports having seen Sc
very rich specimens Of eoldbearlng quartz a. and
gold washings which. were taken from the Yr.
ginia shore of the Potomac River, two 4 miles
above the chain bridge. The bed Of the Potomac
$ is said to abound with The precious metal. 4,
"A list of the accidents and deaths on the rail-
roads OF France, for the last year, shows that
there. were 77,O0o ooOo,@of passongers.Ys Out OF
these, four were killed, and one in every 9oo,ooo
wounded. This is wonderfully small proporsion'
Our American railroads 'Tould doubtless present q
much more formidable list. ~
,The Harrisburg TELEGRAPH has the following ''7l
{ ArpH HILH, ninety5one years pld. ana o q resl-
dent Of Forest County, Pa, passed through CORY
recently on his way to Boston 70 find friends ne
has hot seen for fifty Years, he never SPY Y
sstsamboat nor train Of cars till last week. ana 4
has lived ten miles from any neghbor for the elast
fIty years &. 81. viii T @. 's
AZ The reosipts from customs for tie ports Of
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
for the week ending the 25th Of August, were up
wards of $500, 600; the receipts Of NeW oileans
for the week ending August 10th, were nearly
$500, 900 making q total of receipts at five ports
for 6ne e, week over 100000 in gold. The aggre
gate receipts il these ports The month are e1-
peotea TO reqoh nearly s17,Ooo, 600, b &C,
Il From the Gazette de Mosco,o We learn that
very serious attempt.has been made at insurrec-
Hor, 'in siberia. The Polish exiles long gr ound
down with oppression, rose in Q body, and over
cane tie garrison, took their horses and went off
towards the gold mines Of Petrowsky, where also
alarge number. .oE Polish exiles are at work. The
ultimate success Of such an enaeute is, OF course
hopeless and we can only feel sorry at the inevi-
table fate that awaits them.
as The New Orleans papers are filled with General
BEN. BUT1ER's speeches he is delivering all about
the North, to excite the-peope to Radical frenzy.
The New Orleans papers take great pains, and
waste vast amount Of good ink, to prove the
aaid UTLER a liar, q scoundrel, thief, coward,
and blood-thirsty villain. Now all this is unne-
cessary. Some things should be taken for grant
ed and one of these Is that all the world by this
time has heard OF BurLsR, the Beast.
The New York Euening Cypress Of the 9Th, says:
ssrwo eolored men, respectively named Charles
Washington and John Harris, have been arrested
at Plainfeld, N. j., charged with the triaing Of
fence Of stopping on their way through the town
and breaking open and robbing q dry goods store
of goods valued at 5000. The prisoners were CON-
mitted to the Union County jail for trial. Upon
crediting them as delegates to the Radical Con.
vention now in session at Philadephia."
There are 142 licensed distileries now in New
York; but, under the operation Of the stringent
new revenue law, 81 Of these will close business
There was so much cheating in these ret&fns
that the Government has resorted to very harsh
and oppressive measures to protect the revenue
No liquor OF any kind is to be distilled in house
or building where any other business is conduct.
ed. The liquor distilled is carried through pipes
into cisterns, and the Revenue Inspector carries
the key to this oistern room. License 800
Penalties imprisonment, and $1,000 fine. ..S
The Maine elections came off yesterday. NJ
news from there as yet. The next elections vii
be in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa OF
the 9th OF October; West Virginia, October 25
New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan
Illinois, Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas
Nevada, Delaware and Maryland, all on the 9th o
November. The whole number to be elected il
1855. Taking out the three (Republican) returned
from Vermont last week, 1853 new members o
Congress are to be chosen within the next eigh
weeks. z.==s
A gentleman who has been travelling through
Morgan and Hendricks Counties, Indiana, write
to the Indianapolis Herald, that localities in thos
counties are being flooded with negro labor, ant
that hundreds of white men, dependent on da,
labor for their, daily bread, are being thrown ou
Of employment because they will not work as cheal
as the negroes. Associations for importing ne
r,rooa ~. s... -. ,on,r. Aha va a1thv farmera an,