The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-10
VARIOUS ITEMS.

A premium OF ono hundred and fifty to three hum
dred pounds sterling has been offered to any Ger
ma man mariner who, within tho year, will explore
Nova Iembla. Tho knowledge is to BIO employed
| IN devising now Polar expedition which is to at
sds afa tna' Fascinating object from an entirely
stream makes this route easier than any other
and tho hope is expressed that enough fossil ivory
tion in part.
When on a full war footing the Austrian army
consists OF 570, 600 men. The Prussisn army, in-
cinadng the landwour OF militia, ID composed of
566, l5O men, In cases OF extrome need Bavaria
can have an army OF 81, 600 men, but at present
her whole available force is So, 9s4 men. The
aanoyeran M army is about Is 500 strong, and the
bring Is, 800 men into the field, and Baden about
1900. Hesse Darmstadt and Hesso Cassel have
together about "a, 600 men under their command.
night, seth ult., Mr. r. Goodwin, an old and well
known Citizen, shot and killed'hs brother-in- law.
nr; Calvin Daniel Mr. Daniel was intoxicated,
end on refusing to oat supper, Mira. Goodwin asked
him affectionatelg the reason, whererpon he
commenced abusing her violently. Mr.. Goodwin
semonstrsted sfaS Sgaisst such conduct toward his
sister,. whea' Daniel commenced firing at him.
Mr.. Godwln, in elfdefence, fred. one shot IN re-
turn, killing MIR. D.. instantly.
year or two ago some enterprising person
succeeded in rolling iron in thinner sheets than
had ever before been seen. He sent some speci-
mems to England, and the British workmen have
snee tried Their best to ou-roll their rivals, and
two thinner specimens, The last or these weigh
only S6.10O, OF q grain to the square inch |. II
ness to make up the thickness Of sheet of note,
paperl
Only German could have patience to count
the hairs Of the human head which have. been
commonly supposed to be without number"
The results are sufficiently curious to reward the
Investigation. The hair from the heads of four
women on .a Weighing about n ounces to the head,
found 140 419 hairs; OF the brown-haired lO9 44O;
of the black-haired 102962 and of the red-haired
woman SO, TAO.
Catholic cathedral is being built in Pekin, the
capital of China, with spire that will make it
one OF the most conspicuous objects in that city
The Catholic missions begun three hundred years.
ago, have been making constant progress in
China, and it is said there are now three millions
OF Catholics in that country. There is also q
Gatholc church in the Chinese quarter Of San
Paris correspondent says: "One of our most
famous Partisan bankers Mons. Dufour, lately
called meeting Of tho frat financers of tile capi
very novel kind. He is desirous of getting up a
company whose aim it shall be to advance money
20 authors, dramatic and others, musical compo-
sers and artists of acknowledged talent, who NAV
not have the means of making their work known
to the public"
great many examinations of air are now
making by scientific men. The very worst atmos-
men showing that 5000 parts of oxygen were
ssa aossn. IN each lOOO, OOO OF air. To have 1000
Pai 10 BoHo 10 Dau, anu EUuU parts very bad. The
only parallel to this courtroom was found in the
under galleries of coal mines.
The corner stone of st. Nicholas, the new Ger
man ma! Catholic Church at St. Louis. was solemniy
laid by the Archbishop last Sunday, at O'Clock
r. =; N. It will be one Of the largest churches in
st. Louis, the estimated cost being 100000.
~, Rsilways are in such high favor in Russia that
the landed proprietors frequently give up their
lands gratuitonsly, and their example is followed
as Tar as possible by the towns and villages.
Gottschalk is meeting with great success in Pc
the shape of a gold scanthus leaf ornamented
with gold and diamonds, and surmounted by the
symbols OF music ~