The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-23
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NEWS SUMMARY.


Lady pALMERsToN wns favored with the only
priyato visit ma,lo by tho Sultan in London.
Tho yiccroy is going to sond twcnty young Egyp-
tisns to school in London.
Water sells III u dry part OF Australia for five
dollars q half pint.
A yaynyo to Canada and tho backwoods seems
tho fashionable thing for Engiuh young men.
Tho Enrls OF Cnmpcrdown and Morley nrc both
coming to tempt fortune i'm this part OF tho world
A mercantile house has offutcd to pay tho ma
tional debt OF $50 900 200 owed by tho Government
OF Columbia on condition that tho Panama Rail
road DO leased to tho house for ninety-nino years
at tllo ratio Of s5OO, 900 annually.
twcnty-four FOUNDER brass howitzcr fish,
cd up from tho bottom of tho Tennessee River nj
Johnsonviilo ono day this week. number of
similar pieces arc said 10 DO lying the place
whcrc it wan found.
Our friond who, i'll six weeks residence IN Paris
perfected himself in French to tho extent Of un-
derstanding "oui, ou," ani "bonu squash" has
got so far into German M TO perfectly comprehend
"zwoi lager" and ''gut he'll" IIo is now i'll tho
country studying schnapps..'
Firo-proof muslin is article nj present occupy
ing the attention of scientific men. II B stated
TINT concentrated neutral solution of tungBtatc
Of sodn, diluted with water, and then mixed with
hroo per cent. Of phosphate of soda, will eectunl
1y protect muslius nEainat fire.
AZ last accounts the Spanish iron clad Nuntancia
had arrived mt Rio Janoro, md tho Bercngnefa
was hourly expected. Tho Admiral OF tho foot is
preparing to commence hosltieg forthwith, the
torni of tho armiHtico having expired. Tho iron
dohcrai RonEnr f. LEE arrived at tho Sweet
Springs, Monroe county, Virginia, with his family,
on Thursday, tho 18th instant from tho White
Sulphur, whoro hc Ind been for two wocks. Ho
will spend two weeks nj Tho SwOot Springs, whcro
there is q largo number of visitors gathering,
and whtro tho will close with n grand
fancy ball.
Tho Sultan. whilo at buckingham Palace, Lon
don, Ind lamb brought to tho palace orory
morning, which was slaughtered thcro by his
butcher after certain ceremony Ind been per-
formed over il. Fowls wero also killed in tho samo
fashion. Tho Sultnn always diucd alone there
wns special dinner prepared for his son, who
also dined alonc, ns did his two nophews.
Tho Poll Nlnll Gazette says that in tho library of
the House OF Lords tho original copy OF tho Scaled
Book Of Common Prayer" which has boon 80 long
missing. las boon discovered, 1t ia found in the
manuscript that tho bishopH had ordered that the
Communion Tables should stand at tho East end
oftho chanccl, and TINT tho celcbrant should stand
Eastward, but ttcy subsequently erased tho rrbrics
Tho Lexington fky.) Salesman says: "Wo have
hoard tho following curious story from gentle
man who was cognizant of tho facts: In 1880 tho
Rov. WM. ADAMS planted peach slono from
blnok or Georgia peach. From it camo up two
sprouts, grew to be troes, and singular to say ono
OF the trees boro frecstono and tho othor cling
stone peaches, OF tho samo variety md both kinds
look almost exactly alike"
The Annapolis Republican says that tho work of
renovation q. tho Naval School is still in progross
The midshipmcns quarters havo boon painted
with beautiful lilac color, and tho ornaments
placed in the grounds render it moro than aver at
tractivo Admiral PORTER has dono moro, il il
tho general opinion Of tho citizens Of Annapolis,
to beautify and ndorn tho Academy than any of
his predecessors; wfno tho discipline OF tho school
is said to DO oxcellcnt.
Tho Paris correspondent of tho London Times
says: "a young man has just committed suicide
at an hotel near tho Iue st. Martin by sticking
nbout fifty pins into his breast. When found ho
WINS bleeding to death, and expired shortly aftcr.
Ho loft lctter saying that his lifo had been one
sorics OF disnppontmonts and sufforings, and Tint
as fatality WAS killing him comps Gcpi5ie lie hnd
chosen that way OF putting end to his existence
which manner ho believed, no had boon tho Grst
to imagine"
The Indian Chief who hns given 30 much trouble
to tho coioniats in Honduras, has boon loposcd by
the Swacha tribe. There is now, therefore, no
apprehension of further disturbances by tho In
dians. Tho Santa Cruz tribc havo intimated u
wish to trade peaceably with the whites, and will
cndcayor to keep tho other tribos in order. Emil
grants from tho Southern States aro pouring into
Honduras, and q newspaper called tho Con,nercia.
Advertiser has boon started in Belize by South
ornor. Many of tho cmigrants aro mon Of means.
A contract ius beon let and work commenced
fNrt t1,n, 1sata
Indiana and Grand Rapids Railroad, from Fort
Wayne, Indiana, north to Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan. Tho work has boon commenced OIL the
northern end Of tho line near Grand Rapids, and
IL will be pushed forward no rapidly as possible
southwark to Fort Wayne. 1t is the intention to
o1tend tho road to Macknac, To tap the Lake Su-
perior trade. The new road will CROSS tho Michi-
gan Central at Kalamazoo, and Tho Ni,hippn
southern at Sturges.
Now York correspondent saws The talk in
sporting circles is about great walking match
that hAs just boon agreed to beLween GEORGE K
GOODWIN, OF this city, and EDWARD r. WESTERN,
OF Portland, Maine. They propose TO walk from
Portland, Mhine, to Chicago, Illinois, q distance of
twelve hundred miles, in thirty consecutive days.
Tho start ia to BIO made from Portland on stated
day between tho let and 18th OF October next.
WESTERN agraeng not to walk on Suntlays. thus
leaving him twenty-siI days to do tho work in.
Tho match is said to be for $4,000
The now Fort Lyon, on tho Upper Arkansas, in
Colorado, is twonty miles abovo tho old fort
which was built by General SEpawrcK in 1861 but
is nov flooded out, dinpidatod miserable look
ing place. Tho now fort has only bcen established
come six weoks, 80 that the creator part OF the
garrison 1.-Two in tcnts; but plans have boon adoptcd
for structure to cost s70O, ,000 Which will bo the
hnost In tho whole Wost. Colonel SWAIN is the
master mechsnio, and large forco Of workmcn
,. The springfield Republican SAYS "Gon, popr
evidently supposos that Congress- ordorod Tho
pending elections in the South not to ascertain
tho opinion and fsoling OF tho people, but to com.
pei them to a prescribed course, whatoror tbov
may think or choose. They FREQ to speak and
act, but only ns Congro,B and tho military COM
mandors dictate General GnANr must enjipbto,
General Pope, or what President LINCOLN onco
said OF his military careor will soon bo sal ot biv
course as manager Of rcconstI uction sIIo moko.
movements enough, but most or them are wind ~
Tho Trieste GazeHe snys that srrnnromo,,s
have been mado for importing articles from India
to Russin by way of Suez and Tri.atc, instead n,
by tho way OF Good Hope, as hitherto. This nov
route will enable Indian goods to bo sont TO Rus.
BIO IN from two TO three months less time than Mt
present, and will therefore probably c.,lso arpo
increase in thosc imports In 1866 tho total wejoht
OF tho articles sent from India to Russia by tho
Old route wns ,0O0, 900 owt., and from Italy b00
"" o~t. AS thcso articles will now pass through