The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-08
The 1ai1g Nems~
NEWS SUMMARH!.
o,,, ,,o..d IN Nav York at 4O3. 81

Gold closed in New York at 400.
Cotton closed in New York at 2sas29c. for Mid
ding Uplands.
Cotton closed in Liverpool at 104d.
General HEMTzELMAN, heretofore connected
= u ESd HHatlohsd in
Texas. has haen ordered by the War Department,
At thea1pirasion o.. his present leave Of absence
10 report in NewY and awaik further orders.
The Green Bay 1Adpocete says that there are an
rually sawed and shipped on the Bay shore two
hundred million feet of lumber, and urges the use
of the refuse lumber for new method OF kiln
drying thetppbers 81 4
From single railroad station, Golden, Union
County, on the M;nois Central Railroad, forty-twp
miles north Of Cairo. thsr6 were shipped, chiefly
to Chicago, between the 18th d, May ard The 18th
Sf J6nee 10 $40 qusfts 81 sfawberries. .sstf u.
:. zaFha ssultan; when he visited the Invalfdes at
Paris, asked to see the Oldest veteran in the IN
sti.ution; and with his own hands he decora-
ted him with. the Order Of tho Medjidie, which
may be looked upon henceforth as the reward Of
old age.
The Muscatine (ofio) Journal records the dig
ooveryofsn ancient brickf supposed to- have beeh
made something more than ten centuries ago, on
the ebanks of the Cedar River, four feet below the
suriaceof the ground. Further Investigations
are Is Be made IN IN the hope Of finding ancient
ruirisS anslsthe brick, in the neantime has been
nhcsd for. .ssie keeping in the hat Of the s9tse.
Franch. genius has invented . new flying
machine. ..lHsaaxay Ii THE air ID o be obtained
by series Of rapid t:exploaiona of petroleum,
the shocks hittipg the machine behind much after
the fashion Of the stuffed clubs that figure in eI
trayseanzas, and securing like horizontal pro-
puIsianS rOE8hsSe explosions there are from thirty
to fortyper ninute,ana when they tAil the @ronaut
gets tumble saar,, r1r,rn,r.rr
Yankees are wonderful inventors, and the latest
i3SRkse. Spapetion y 81. suek snamusag charaS-
ii that it deserves description. It is called P
power swing" and consists 81 wheel, ceg, and
treadie arrangements by which the swinger can
with the foot, not only do his swinging easily
but may at the same time set in motion churn,
wood-saw, q pump, or washing apparatps, as
: he pleases.
Some fifty ladies' in the vicinity Of Trading Post
Linn County, Kansas, have adopted short skirts
winch fai about to the knee Their neither extremf
ties are encased in pants of the same material
many Of them cut Ssry like the unmentionables Of
the sterner SEX soms1are gathered at thh
ankle, in genuine Turkish STYLE. But few, howl
ever, 60 abroad III it, being adopted mainly fot
the ease and e6nfeft It affords while pursuing
their daily hbors. ~ ',.t4it rs, a.
qsFhesultsis yacht ii described as perfect chef
dospssrsf ,EnglsA huidf and Of Oriental luxury
The state bedroom recalls that Of Louis XIV at
Versailles. from the profusion Of gliding ssith
which it ig decorated, and the form OF the bed
TaS kiesdnas ale erected on the Hdssk. The Yacht
il shown to visitors With s-coutesy and hospitalE
" whicfr nighf be initiated with advantage in oer
lain quarters The sailors ON board the Sultanish