The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-12
The' 1aifg Nems~
NEWS SUMMARY.

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II Is said that General BuTLSR Introduced |
his motion for the appointment Of select Com
mittee 10 inquire into the assassination OF mr.
LINCOLN, with view Of procuring from SUR |
RAFT q clear confession Of tho whole plot on |
condition Of pardon.
Scott county, Town, phys fifteen cents each !!
for the scnps Of gophers killed in that county. |
On the 20th ultimo the boys brought in two
hundred and eighly-threc, and, II is said, |
during tho month tho County Clerk Ind |
paid out more than one hundred dollars for
gopher scalps.
Dispatches have been received from United
States officers on the Mexican border, giving
accounts Of Tho dcplorablo condition OF nfrnirs
there. They state That since tho fall of MAXI
MILAN the conduct Of tho Mcxicans has been
overbcaring, and that insult 10 tho United
Suites flag by Mexican officials Is IN every day
occurrence.
A French paper mentions tho fact that two
grains Of alum TO pint of water will clarity
waier which is unfit TO drink, and The iaste Of
the alum will not be perceived. A French
chemist In Algers shows that muddy water
will become potable in the course Of from seven
to seventeen minutes by adding half grain Of
potaBsio alum for every quart Of watcr.
The Russinn journal, tho Foiet, states that
the Emperor NAPOLEON, on taking leave Of tho
Gear, expressed wish in favor Of general
European disarmament. The same journnl
advocates the establishment of permanent
AmpLicyonio Council, 10 which oil serious dis
putes between the Governments Of Europe
should be referred for decision.
A school has been recently opened at Worms
in Germany, for tho education Of those dcsirons
Of learning tho manufacture of beer and vinc-
gar. Four months is tho time required to en-
able person 10 become n graduate and IL hns
already twcnty-four students hnrd ut work at
the science of brewing the wholesome and
highly-prizod Lagcrbicr.
The Academic des Jcux Floraux, which WAS
established by CLRMRNcR IsAUna, in 1923,
lately celebrated its FIVE hundred and forty
fourth annual mooting. Il is snid 10 preserve
among its archives over twenty thousand poems
in her praise, the said poems having been
written at the rate Of forty year since The first
establishment Of tho Academic.
In the centre Of Hancock county Miss,
there is on immense almost impenetrable swamp
called tho DEVILS Swamp, which is described
as a tangled mare OF cypress, vines, creeping
parasites, mud, bog, water, nbounding in alli-
gators, mocoasin and coton-mouth snakes,
scorpions, mosquitoes, bear, deer, Sc. This
wilderness is said mover to have been explored
beyond its outskirts.
Tho Federal Government will cost the New
Dominion in salaries $l15,O 600 per annum, in
Guiding the salary OF the Goyernor-G General II
Ministers are to receive $1,000 per nunum, in
stead Of $1,000, the cost will be increased $780,
600. The number OF members composing the
Government, namely, thirteen, is deemed un-
lucky, and is profanely called the "Dcyils
Dozen"
The German author, W. HARIxa, who has
been styled tho WALTER SoorT OF Germany,
and whose nom de plume is ". ALEXIS, has been
decorated by the King Of Prussia with the Or
der Of tho Knghts' Cross on tho House Of Ho.
.hen,olle-n,. Thi. s. Al --Iy tnssauGu III nhlah
.san has been confeEEsa upon a1ss PSst s
the moro grace on the part Of the King as /.
entities the receiver to considerable pension
The OIserrador, Of Maiamoras, states that
when MACMILLAN learned the sentence passed
upon him, lie offered million dollars TO
Gen. RIBADArEIRA, the keeper Of the prison
ers, TO be allowed chance of escape. RIpAp-
AzxIRA requested a written promise from tho
'Arohduke, and when he obtained II showed the
document 10 General EsooBKDo. Gen. Esco-
DRpo gave orders at once that In case he at
tempted to escape any Of the guards might
shoot him on his tEscoDRpo's) responsibility
Credat Juaxus Apellu. Imagine Mexican re-
fusiug million Of dollars
Mr.. J. PARKHn, OF Canberwell, England, has
constructed a portable stenm canoe to hold one
person. The propeller is jet Of water one
inch in area, forced by the direct action of
steam, without any engine, Three miles an
hour was obtained on the trial Of the Survey
Canal against stiff breeze, with only little
common frewood for fuel With q good Ere,
the speed Is expected TO come to between four
and five miles an hour through still water
This little boat is capable Of trip Of one hun
dred miles with one sack Of coko.
The largest manufacturers in the fourth dis
triet of Now York city are p. & q. LoR1LLanp,
tobaoconsts, who pay from $4,000 TO $4,000
Per annum tax; G. II. LILLIRNrnAL, who paws
from $4,000 to $50, 600 per month and Il. L.
A. STUART, who pay from $4,000 to $4,000
Per month. There aro also many Wholesale
dealers who pay special taxes on sales, such as
A. T. STEWART, from whom $S5, 900 to $40 900
are received, and CLAyL1N, who pays from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year. Brewers pay
from $1,000 10 $4,000 per month, and some
times $4,000 to $500
Holland'is said TO be negotiating for The sale |
Of its colony Of Dutch Guiana to England, but |
England holds OF on account Of Tho high price. |
This colony il q constant loss 10 The Dutch !
treasury, and 10 in the market for purchaser.
Efforts will next, II Is thought, be made by the |
Dutch to sell their West Indian colonies, which !
are also q source Of pecuniary loss. Negotta-
tions have recently been reopcped between
Switzerland and Holland in regard to q COM
mercial treaty, and the Swiss Government, Il |
is understood, hayo now taken the necessary
measures to place Dutch Jews living In |
Switzerland on the same footing as Christians.
We have had q good deal Of gossip about |
the relations between the Emperor Of France /
and the Gar during the visit Of The latter to |
Parisi but the correspondent Of The Springfield |
Rtpn1fiean Is the first TO mention the fact that /
tue two maguates were scarcely on speaking