The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-17
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NEWS SUMMARY.

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old stone mill. He means to puzzle the antigua |
rians Of the next century. ,atp~.a,.
IT crops in Utah are turning out better than
the most experienced anticipated, notwithstand-
ing the damage 10y Erasshoppets.
Admiral FarTagut saw in Sweden an entire
battery OF bresch-loading canncns Of wrought iron,
takon out of q vessel sunk during the seventeenth
century. .NnIf,t n.f t,n,
Prohibition has 80 demoralized the Maine
palate that boys at .Maohias fill old rum bottles
with water and sell them for whiskey, and nobody
knows the difference.
A Nashville dispatch says that there is strong
ground for assertion that Governor Brownlow will,
il not too feeble to travel, take q trip to Europe at
an early day, whether he is elected to the United
States Senate or not.
Tho greatest depth Of water in the Mississippi
River in front Of Plaquemine, Louisian ma, is ono
hundred feet, and the least fifteen feet. The
measurements we're mado at 4 distance of three
hundred feet from shore, at different points.
Tho Pacific Railroad la now receiving hon.
lock railroad tics from Chicago, five hundred
miles, and then up the road four hundred miles
nine hundred miles by rail-at a cost delivered nj
the Missouri River, Of not over eighty cents poi
tie.
Mexico refuses to give up the body Of Maxi.
MILAN, and the United States refuses to give up
this country cannot mtl.off 81 se,a : The civilization Of
Of Mexico In tho matter Of furnishing dead mei
and women.
The editor ofthe Louisiana Democrat saw, a
few days ago, IN Alexandria, an old negro freed
man, at least eighty-fve years old, with two large
navy revolvers buokled to his waist, a pepper-box
revolver in each breeches pocket. a huge sugar.
cane knife in his bosom, and 8 loaded walking
cane in his right hand. he was q delegate to the
Radical mongrel convention.
The tin toys used in this country are now
nearly all made in Meridcn, Connecticut, where
large quantities of tin household goods are also
manufactured. 1t occurred to the makers Of these
latter that their scraps could be advantageously
used for toy objects, and with the advantage OF
labor-saving machinery, they have driven their
German rivals from this market.
1t is one of the significant indications of the
progress OF the age that passengers can now pur-
chase tickets in New York direct for China, Japan,
New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands and Australia,
AZ well as points in Europe. The establishing Of
the Pacific steamship line between San Francisco
and Shanghai inaugurates the revolution whieh
makes a voyage to the most distant lands no more
than a holiday excursion.
The New York Heaald states that a compara-
tive Abatement Of prices in New York, Philadel-
phia, Paris. London, Berlin, and other prominent
cities in all parts Of the world shows that our
naotropolis is the most expensive on the globe in
the matter Of food. The whole cause of this So
Gial misfortune lies in the fact that the food itself
comes to tho consumers through too many mid
die men, all Of whom must make their per ~centage,
The Knoxville Press says 81. w. Allen has
arrived with specimens Of the mineral wealth Of
the Cumberland Mountains he has gathered.
Those that have particularly struck us are a bit of
iron ore containing ninety per cent. of pure
metal, a piece of pure alum as taken from the
original bed, and several particles Of black oxide
of manganese, which exists in abundance, and is
valuable for bleaching OF as a substitute for cop
peras."
The Boston Posts Washington correspondent
says: "An attachment has been issued for Gene.
raj Baker. to bring him again before the Judiciary
COMMITTEES, and it is said he is now under ar
rest. The GeneralNw be required to explain
many OF h1A statements, which are in direct con.
MET, concerning President Johnson. It ia under
stood that no member of the committee gives the
slightest credence to anything Baker has said, un-
less substantiated by other testimony"
Tho Pacific Railway Directors, it ia reported,
have resolved to use petroleum as a fuel for their
locomotives. The coal discoveries reported on the
line Of that road may be exaggerated; but even if
correct, it will require time to work thsm proper
ly, and u settlement Of the Indian troubles, so
that mining operations will be safe. 1t is repre-
scented that one locomotive can carry sufficient De-
troleum, without infringing on the room necessary
for freight and passengers, to keep up steam for a
run OF a thousand miles.
people living along the Hudson River, in
the netghborhood Of the place where the steamer
Dean Richmond was wrecked, are reaping a good
harvest from that disaster. The cheeae, which
HOfTned n 1nrpa mart ~ tha ,ro 80 -. I----
10 floating up and down the river as the tide Gibbs
and flows, and parties from both shores put of in
boats and capture large quantities of it. They
say 1t is Of excellent quality, and not damaged,
The total loss to the company owning the Dean
Richmond, by the accident to their steamer. in
said to amount to $780, 900.
The evening schools of New York CITY include
one high school, two oolored schools, and thirteen
male and eleven female schools. To these are
admitted peraons Of every class and age. from
twelve years to sixty. They are taught in the
usual rudiments, and in the high school algebra,
bookkeeping, navigation, natural philosophy,
practical mechanics, the French, German, span-
'sh and English languages, and other more diAa- |
cult branches are taught. The schools are nj |
present in full operation, twenty.one hundred |
scholars being in attendance.
In Washington City q new system OF running |
ears has been introduced. Only one-horse cars
are run, and they have no conductors. They ara ]
twe'Ve teet ak inches long, seven feet six inches |
Wlde, seven feet i've inches in height (inside). and !
are calculated for sixteen passengers each aioht |
y = S'ae' Ihese cars are said to weigh about |
'nree Thousand pounds eaoh. There is no rear
piaCrorm' put IN its place o low step, on which |
people got In and out. The front platform is er-
oius1vely for the driver, being semi-circular IN |
form, and fenced in to prevent passengers from
getting on. 49,
AT a former session Of Congress the secretorv
VI war was authorized to sell the grounds end
pivpslty VI Je government at Harnar'a Fsrry |
@ae arrangements we're afterward made by the |
department to bring them into market. Bnt
mere appears to De o stay OF the proceedings. the |
ners OF those who sold the property to tho Gov
eminent now claiming that the deed exnrasslv |
PROVIDES the end conveyed to the United States |
Snoulo DO used only by the Government. and bv no |
otner parties. The amount purchased was abont one
n . ana twenty-five acres, for seven thousand
."NuA S Ahe deed was executed to George WASH
AAs1on' VINO acted In behalf OF the Government.
-1he credit Mobilier. the famous French an.
quo 9! speculation, is threateued with collapse. |
As1aphsned ostensibly to furnish capital for i'm
Postals business enterprises, its shares have been |
SUBJECT 70 the most extraordinary fluctuations, |
10 capasa! stock was originally go, 900, 900 francs,
par value 6oo. Subsequently the stock was doub-
,eo' ana at times Of active speculation tho shares
nave changed hands at 1891, while thew have sold |
NJ 10" az 300. Its directors have been az lata |