The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-03
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NEWS SUMMARY.
eotton clssed in New York at 26a26} 70
Middling Uplaads. Gold closed at 38f.

l0Esll; sales 1000 bales.
The poor Of New York, from the notebook
of q reporter, is about to be published. A re-.
porter, q detective, or thief, are the only men
to do steh q subject justice.
WHxILlR WILSON have been awarded the
highest premium "a medal-at the Paris
Exposition, for perfection Of the sewing ma
chine. This Was the only gold medal awarded
for thi, class of articles. There were eighty
two competitors for the prize.
Persons who use copying presses will be in
terested to know that the GOODYEAR India Rub
Der Glove Manufacturing Company, No. 2oS
Broadway, have made q new India rubber
copying sheet, which Is said to much more
durable, useful and perfect than any other.
A coHRlspoxpENr of the Courier des Esat'
Unis asserts that the Emperor ALEXANDER was
present, incognito, at the arrival Of the King OF
Prussia in Paris. The Emperor had on plain
street dress, and stood on the sidewalk of the
boulevard Of Sevastopol.
The hull Of the famous iron clad Nep IRON
sides, which was burned at Philadelphia, has
been purchased from the Government by Mr..
THOMPSON, Of New York, who will soon, with
force of submarine workmen, have it raised
from its present submerged position.
Large masses Of cast iron are easily broken
by taking advantage Of the noncomprsssibility
Of water. A hole is drilled one-third through
the mass to be broken, and filled with water; a
steel plug is then inserted, and the ram Of
pile-driysr Is let fall on the plug, separating
The mass into two pieces with one blow.
Provid, noe, r. l., will celebrate the Fourth
in the sll-fashioned way with sslutes, bell
ringing. military parade, exhibition Of the
Fire pepa rtment music, reading Of the Decls-
ration, aud regatta One feature Of the last
will he race with wash tubs propelled by
msaEs Of shingles. No one can compete for
tho prize who is not good swimmer.
Ten ,ears ago q man in Missouri bequeathed
$500 euch to ten Of his slaves, on condition
that they should smigrste to Liberia or some
country Get apart for free persons. The slaves
remained in Missouri, and the st. Louis County
Court in that State Has decided that 1t is GO
place set apart for free persons Of color" and
the executor has been ordered to pay over the
money.
The canker-worm is committing great ravsges
In the Massachusetts orchards. In the neigh
borhood Of Boston, thousands Of apple trees are
blishted as II Q fire had swept over them.
Every leaf is destroyed, and the crop in many
places is ruined. The farmers grieve over the
loss of apples, to say nothing Of cidsr-s bsv-
erage which is not prohibited under the Mas
sachusetts license law.
,Ast Petersburg correspondent says that the
Gar took with him to Western Europe, gold
aufE-boxes, diamond brooches, bracelets, &c.,
to the value Of 100000 roubles. or somewhat
moro than $22s, 900, besides 1900 orders, Of
which twelve are the st. Andrew. They were
to be given away to persons who manifested
courtesies to his Majesty, or who performed
services that could not well bs repaid with
meRey. ta
The PhiIsasf6is, Wilmington and Baltimore
-Rsilroed is now building, at their shops in
Wilmington, Delaware, fifty freight cars, with
vsntilators, for the purpose Of carrying the s1-
tsnsive peach crop TO market from Philadsl-
phis and Maryland. These ysntilators will
have the effect Of keeping the fruit from spoil
ing in the hot weather. This is probably 3
larger number Of cars than has ever been or
dered ut one time.
A Texas paper gives curious description Of
the honey ant. In size it is about half way be-
tween the large and small red ants. Its color
Il . kind Of reddish brown. The honey bag or
sack is attached to the posterior part Of the ab-
domen. It is oysrlaid with thin dark layers
abdut half as large as grain Of rice, and con-
tains at.purs clear honey Of . most delicious
favor Whether these ants have common
storshouss, like the bee, our Texas authority
does not know. - -
The Boston Journa. learns from the Amazon
that three Peruvian steamers had successfully
asoended' the Ucsyali, Paohitea and Palcasu to
Naio, in Peru, 1927 miles from the embouchure
Of the ucaysH In the Amazon, thus demon
strating the practicabiiity Of direct commerce
between the Atlantic and the interior Of Peru,
$500 miles off The cannibsl Indians Of the
ri1er banks were, however, troublesome, and
in an engagement with them twenty-five were
slain.
The Newspaper and street reports that the
Dundr61g had ..sprung leak" were wholly
unfounded Seams exposed to the sun had
besn affessed, and to render It certain before
her departure that al was right, she was placed
upon the dry dock. Instead Of springing
leak, compartments that would have been first
to fssl leak were not even damp. She was
found perfectly reliable and ses-yorthy, and is
now taking in Goals for her voyage to Cher
bourg. She. Is In her berth adjoining He-
boken. Ferry slip, where she remains until
placed IN the stream ready for ses. Mr.. WEBB
takes her to France himself, and will probably
steam away ON the morning Of the 4th Of July.
Tbs Unsed Ssuie, Gazette says: "Captsin
q. F. McK1IIop, B. n, has gone to the United
States, on three months leave, to get some
valuable patents in operation connected with
the use Of mineral oil as fuel for steamers.
Tie unlimited supply Of this oil in America,
and the scarcity of coal, render tho nubject one
of great importance In that country. The
steamers trading between San Francisco and
Jspsn and China win save rs per cent. for their
fns,. taking into consideration the immense
.ayine in space which the oil gives over the
coal. For long voyages, for ships of war, and
for steam yachts, the oil fuel will very soon
supsrsede the dirty, smoky, black diamond.
:, Wu.1Ax. WASHINGTON, Esq, died at his
residence near Brentsville, Prince William
County, Va, on the 2lst instant, aged "a years.
He was SON of BAILEY WAsHISaTos, Of Stat
ford County, Va, and brother Of Colonel VIII