The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-11
The la}1g 9ems.
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed In Liverpool at 50 for up
lands.-
Deer are said to be very abundant in North |
Carolina this season.
Wages in France have increased ~ per cent
within the last fifteen years.
An official letter from Pensacola, dated on the
1st instant Estates that the yellow fever IS abalng
AT least $50 new houses are now going up IN
Paterson, N. J., most Of which are handsome and
tasteful.
The 9Th has been appointed by the Lord Bishop
of Toronto as day of thanksgiving iu Canada for
the abundant harvest
The cornerstone of new convent was laid IN
Louisville last week. 1t will be called the Convent
OF the Good shepherd.
The citizens of York county, Pa, have con-
tributed nearly $1,000 to relieve the yellow fever
sufferers in the South.
The English champion swimmer has swan one
thousand yards in seventeen minutes. This Is
said to be the fastest time on record.
Several French officers belonging. or who have
belonged to the army of Africa are 10 Do at'acneu
to the Abyssinian expedition
The grape harvest is beginning on the isianas
ofLske Erie. Over fifty tons were received at San-
dusky for shipment the first three days OF last week.
Ont of the twelve gentlemen who acted as the
reeeption committee when Charles Dickens visited
New York in 1842, all but one, P. NJ. Wetmore, are
dead.
At the Saumer races in France on the 1st Of
September, three accidents occurred in conse-
ouence of five horses bolting. An officer OF the
9Th Cuirassiers was killed, and two other pers ons
had broken ribs and other injuries.
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The Chancellor of the French Consul.te had been
insulted in the streets. and the Peruvian authori
tea had done nothing to repress the manifesto
ton.
Among the powers which will devolve on Car-
dinal Antonelh by his appointment as treasurer
to the Court Of Rome, is that of coming money
during the interval from the death OF the POPE
until the assembling Of the conclaye.
The Jefferson ,Tex,s) Bulletin, fiom nforma-
ton received from all quarters, feels warranted in
estimating the yield OF cotton in all the counties OF
Eastern Texas at no mole than one-haR the crop.
It is expected that about twenty thousand bales
will be shipped from Jefferson during the season.
The receipts Of the Universal Exhibition from
the Ist of April to the 10th Of September, are est-
mated at seven millions and half OF francs
Therefore, during the seven weeks, or nearly So
which the Exhibition has still to remain open, q
million and half of francs must be received IN
order to attain the sum of nine millions required
to cover the expenditure. That this result will be
obtained is not improbable.
Charges have been filed in the Postofhce De-
partment, at Washington, against Wells. Fargo
Co.,, for gross glect inthe transmission OF mails
ON the overland route in California and the Terri
,da5 urifl, tha afiQAVlt6
containing statements that United States mail
bags are frequently thrown out when the trains
are heavily loaded, and left to rot on the praries
or to be spoiled by the Indians.
The Seventh Annual Fair the ST. Louis Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Association opened under
the most favorable auspices. The weather was
very warm and the attendance good. The entries,
number over 5000, exclusive Of live stock. The
machinery agricultural implements and textible
fabrics are unusually full, and make splendid
display. There is also large amount OF stock
from many OF the Western States, and q consdera-
BILE number OF blooded sheep from Canada.
A letter from Carlsruhe says: "a new eccle-
siastical conflict is seen in the horizon. recent
ministerial decree requires that young Catholic
and Protestant theologians shall undergo, before
officers appointed by the authorities, an e1amina-
ton respecting their general education. The
Archbishop OF Friburg protests against this or
der, and sorbids his !heologians to submit to it.
On the other hand the Government seems to in
tend to have it strictly carried out"
The census returns have now been completed
in Iowa, with the exception of four counties. The
population is so far found to be e98, ,194, an in
crease of 145 900 in two years. or very nearly ten
per cent per annum- 1t is remarked that this Is
the highest gain, both absolute and proportonste,
that the State has yet known in the same period OF
time, except undor the influence Of the great mi
grafton mania Of 1854 and 1856, il which period
the increase was 200 600 on population Of SlsOOO
or about thirty per cent. per annum.
-Dsnseuses have become scarce, judging from
circulars from the managers OF certain theatres
now going the round Of the work-rooms OF Paris.
By these circulars voting women are ofered from
so francs to 60 francs per month for attendance on
the stage. The further Inducements are held out
to them of short and diaphanous costumes, and
that the most deserving among them Tread the
prettiest) will be grouped on the front OF the
stage. This is new style Of recruiting, but emi-
nenty characteristic Of the tone Of morals Of the
present day.
Ono Of the historic curiosities Of tho Park
of Compisgne is about to disappear. The cele-
brated iron cradle where the frat Napoleon receiv
ed his bride, Marie Louise, in 1910, intending
thus to recall her home at Schoenbrunn, Is about
to be destroyed, with the exception of one hun
drsd aud fifty yards Of the reserved park AS
to that portion Of it which has always been open
to the public, it will be kept up in its present |
state. The cause Of this demolition is to gain |
view of Mount Gannelon. The iron Of which this |
cradle was formed weighs fifty thousand pounds. |
The Paris correspondent OF the London Morn |
ing Post writes ~ have endeavored to find out |
what colored hair snd eyebrows will be worn this |
wear. The artists in hair have met and agreed |
tat dark eyebrows are to accompany golden /
tresses, and golden eyebrows black hair. Brown |
or chestnut locks and curs are not to be tolerated
1t is not quite settled il the chignen is to be main
tained; it is believed not If more expensive and |
complicated decoration can be invented. The |
complexion is to be dead pearl pale, the lips very
light pink, and the mouth to be worn slightly |
OPEN"
TIE consular agent Of France at Formosa has |
lately made known the existence Of coal at Pong |
hau, the chief island in the group Of the Pesca-
dores, which lie between Fornosa and the coast OF
China. There is . good port in the Island Of Pong
hau, called Nabung, with excellent anchorage at
all seasons Of the year and in all weathers A
commercial publication, the "Annsles du Com
merce" says that the only bed Of coal yet discov-
cred is at the Northern extremity Of the Island,
but that It is probable ether beds viii be found
throughout the whole extent Of the subsoil, as
well as in the other islands in the same group.
No exploration has yet been attemrted, nor
would it be permitted by the Chinese, SO that the
supply Of coal Is limited to such as can be found
on the surface, which is necessarily OF an inferior
quality.
The Chicago Times says "a loyal person in |
New York proposes that the loyal leagues shall
=. 100000 "A NoEa noo AIra a Iinnoln in L