The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-06
Tlg lallA News
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Hon. ozAxIrs SuMSzR has sold his residence in
BOSTON. intending 20 make his home at Wash
ington.
The puke of Edinburgh arrived at Rio on the
,stn of Jnly. in command Of the steam frigate
Galathec.
Tho value Of the Wholesale oyster trade Of New
York city is estimated at not less than ,0Oo0oo
annually.
The Weld Of chestnuts, walnuts and butternuts
in Vermont this season win be larger than snypre-
ceding season for many years.
Our Consul at Palermo reports that the cholera
cases in that city aversge $50 to 500 daily ana
scarcely one-third recover.
The Washington Chronicle says that MIR. STAN
TON viii be back n .is pla'a as Secretary OF war
in less than eighty Jays.
Tho stata of Iowa has now 1145 miles of railroad
complete and in running order, which have COST IN
construction the sum Of s45, $4,000.
Maior-General GRIKRsoN, the famous cavalry
raider, is now in command OF an army OF one hun-
dred colored cavalry soldiers at Fort Riley
Grasshopper depredations are continued IN Coi-
orado. Wheat and corn are consumed in immense
quantities on the Boulder and on Clear creek. one
farmer loses about 5000 in wheat and oats. :,
For the week ending the 10th inst. two hundred
and fifty patents win be issued from tine pa.en'
office. Daring the past week five hnndreo apph0A-
hons and eighty cavests were filed.
:Flaxseed has proved profitable crop shis year
in MANY parts of Ohio, the yield having been un-
nsra,,y large and the price (s2 per bushep satis-
factory to farmers.
The Germans Of Nashville are about organizing
m immigration society on grand scale, and ex-
,aot to induce thousands Of their countrymen TO
settle in Tennessee.
! !, The Prince and Princess Of Wales are on visit
10 Germany. The Duke Of Edinburgh is in Bra
gil and Prince GEORGE OF Greece ia visiting
England.
Portions of cargo Of logwood we're found IN
Portland, Me-, few days ago, which were los'
overheard forty years stree. The logs were LII
perfect state Of preservation.
The first temperance organization was formed
in 1917 in England. It only prohibited its mem
bers from getting drunk. No member was allowed
to drink more than fourteen glasses q day. The
nert organization vas in the year 1900, ana only
allowed its members to get drunk on public days
Ore Of the novelties in the Paris exhibition is
,,rav;ne machine, exhibited by the Buddhists, 1t
consists of lfttls square box, with handle at the
right side. When you wish to say prayer, turn
Of the handle win do il as easily as If it were q
tune OF barrel organ. The Buddhist machine
has this advantage over Barbary organ, that II Is
noiseless. It's inventors guarantee it to say
hundred and twenty prayers day; and it will
never get out OF order.
peat bog near New Bedford has yielded this
season four hundred cords Of peat. A cord wen
dried, will weigh ton and hail. and it Is claimed
to be equal to the game weight Of coal for general
purposes, and superior for iron manufacturing and
generating steam. It can be burned in any kind
OF ire place or stove, with or without CRATES. AS
far as The bog has been examined, the depth OF
nest is rom ave and o half to nine feet, and will
probably average eight feet.
Ithas come to the notice Of the military authori-
ties that the bones Of the Union soldiers who FELL
ON the fields Of Bull Bun, have. in some instances,
been gathered by the residents in that vicinity,
end. with the bones ct animals, carried to bone
min near Alexardria and ground into fertilizers
From . wagon load Of this character, last week. q
human sknlI, hip bone, part of the vertebral col
unn, the femnr, and part Of the tibis were taken.
The matter is being investigated.
A variety Of specimens of North Carolina gold
have been taken from some Of the small streams
Of Montgomery County in that State. The ore is
very fine, and some Of the Jumps are quite large.
One Of them, tbs largest, weighed by the jewelers.
scales thirty-eight penny weights, which Is only
two panny weights short Of two ounces. The
s,e,i1nells were in their natural condition just as
thesv were when taken from the streams in which
they we're found.
The Emperor FRANors JOSEPH, in presenting
priacs MErrERN1cH, the Austrian Minister, at the
Court OF the Tuileriss, with the Order OF the
Golden Fleece, eulogized, in the presence OF the
whole court, the services he bad rendered the
State by his re-estabiishment Of good under
standing with France. The Emperor NAPOLEON
expressed aloud to tho Emperor Francis JOSEPH
his thanks for this declaration. This incident
created great sensation among those present.
To support Ecglah paupers, during the first
asix months Of 18s7, the English Poor Law Board
expended no less than s12 2s9 $50 in gold, an in
crease OF nearly eeyen per cent over the espendi-
lures Of the corresponding period of 1856, In
Londoa, however, tis increase was nearly thirty
rer cent. On the last day Of June, 1867, there
were as4 s2s raupers receiving relief in England,
an incresse of mcre than FIVE per cent. over the
nunf,sr recsiying relief on the corresponding day
OF 1856, 7is,e8o otsthsse paupers were In London.
This bills OF this Holiday street theatre promise
varsity at least, for the balance OF the current
week. Tonight the exciting drama OF "Ihe
Streets Of New York win be performed, the cast OF
chnractsrs including Miss ErTH GERMos, Mrs.
GEnNoN. Mr.. BrsHop, Mr.. vANDENHoFR, Mr.. YoUNaE
and Mr.. PARKER The play abounds In interest
ing picturss and ex,iting life scenes. tomorrow
evening Mics ALICE CRAY will appear in Rosedaie'
and on Friday night the comedy OF Caste VIII De
Reproduced, for the last time. t5r the beneat OF
Miss AIExANpER.
The Aing OF Denmark has given Iceland Con-
stituticn, which is about to be submitted to the
representative bodyos that island the Atthine) for
its approval The new Constitution gives to the Ice
lAnders the same liberties as we're granted to the
Danes by the Constitution Of the 5th OF June, 1919,
and all luture Danish monarchs are 20 swear to
preserve tho Icelande Constitution inviolable be-
fore they are crowned. The Constitution also pro-
sides that although iceland is declared an insepa-
rabls part Of tho Danish monarchy, it is to main
tain It's own laws aud administration local mat
ters, ~
The San Antonio tTexas) Cypress, Of August
II, says .sThe Indiana have. penetrated 20 the
very outsarts Of our city, and it is not extrava-
CANT to expect they Win act over again the scenes
Of 1851. The prediction that the Indians Of the
Northwest were moving South seems to be true.
snch Indians, and similarly accoutred, have
never appeared before ON our frontier. A large
camp has been discovered on the head OF the
Guadalupe river. Small parties Of soldiers have
been chased into the forts. The country has been
stripped of all the live stock, and the prospect Of
complete devastation Of the frontier is immi-
nent.p
@. NJ. MEDAHIcH, alas JOSE BoSAmo, young
Spanixrd, who has been sought after by Mexican
dstectives, now IN the city Of New York, on sns-
;,;,,. ~ o wing aY,,,ronriated som n00 in cold he