The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-19
Vhe 1ai1g Nems.
NEWS SUMMARY.
ton closed in New York yesterday at 24aa25c.

Cotton closed in New York yesterday at 24Aa25c.
Gold closed at 1459.
Cotton un changed in Liverpool yesterday.
The reported general insolvency among the NOR
chants in Richmond is denied by the bank presl-
dents of that city.
Among the curiosities Oh exhibition at the New
Hampshire State Fair is spinnet, imported in
1765, by Gov. COLLINS, Of Newport.
The City Council of Milledgeville, Ga, have
presented the colored people lot on which to
erect school-house for their children.
wag remarks that he has seen couple OF
sisters who had to be told everything together,
for they were so much alike that they couldn't be
told apart.
It is not unlikely that the inquiry for Confederate
bonds, made by the First National Bank OF
Washington City, is put forth by EngGshmen who
wish TO use them as offsets in the event of the Ala
bama claims being submitted to arbitration.
The last flood in the Mississippi formed piece
of land sixty acres in extent, opposite st. Louis
The county on the Illinois side took possession OF
this new territory, but the Wiggins Ferry Com
pany claim it, and law suit is pending.
The usual annual race Of clipper ships from
China TO London with cargoes Of the new crop OF
tea has lust been decided. Sixteen vessels started
simultaneously The Tapping arrived first at her
dock, and thus won the honor of being the fastest
ship.
At Fernandina and the neighborhood curious
question has come up Among the freedmen who
presented themselves for registration are large
number who were born in Africa. The Board OF
Registration asked for naturalization papers, and
the referred the. question Of admitting them to
higher authority.
The worms, says gentleman writing us from
Enterprise Miss under date Of 10th inst, are say-
ing cotton in this section Of country Old farmers
say they have not appeared so numerously before
in twenty-six years. They have damaged some
crops fifty per cent, and still at work. What will
become of us poor unfortu nate cotton planters!
A telegram from Bombay to London announces
that the first steamer of the Abyssinian expedition
has left India for Abyssinia to explore the coast,
take soundings and find suitable places for land
ing Ten steamers, chartered by the Government,
have already sailed for India, where they Will be
used to transport the troops, &C., to Abyssinia.
There are three manufactures Of wire rope in
the United States, and the article is largely used
upon the inclined planes Of the railroads connect
cd IN the coal regions. Ships and steamers now
use wire rope considerably for stays, and thin
rope of the kind, less than an inch in thickness
and quite pliable, is being largely introduced into
stores for hauling goods into lofts.
few days since young gentleman with his
sister and another young lady, arrived at Galena
in skiff from st. Paul, having accomplished the
whole distance Of over four hundred miles In nine
days. The young man rowed the skif the whole
way, passing through Lake Pepin in the night.
The voyage was hard one, and the party we're
pretty thoroughly stnburnt. The oarsman tainted
away twice on che way from fatigue.
Arizona is at present garrisoned by eight thou
sand United States troops, yet the Indians make
extensive depredations and the people threaten to
exterrnate all the savages living in the Territory.
The constant contests and bloodshed produced by
this state of affairs retard the settlement Of the
country and render life and property precarious.
The Apaches are the hostile tribe that make depre-
datiors in Arizona and though the United States
have been carrying ON q war against them for
some time past, they are as far from being sub
dued as ever.
The National InteAigencer, of September 16,
says: 'sIn the proposed improvement by the tear
ing away of the penitentary building, the remains
. mains of Mrs. suRRATT, PAYNE, HERoID and ATzE-
RoDr, with WIRz are buried in the order named
south Of the eastern portion Of the old building,
and viii not probably be disturbed. The scafold,
20 it was on the day OF the execution Of the con-
spirators, is still standing. The Yankee has been
using his jack-knife on the lower beams and posts,
hacking off pieces relics. It is not known what
disposition will be made Of this structure, nor OF
the bodies Of those inferred in these grounds.
The Lawrence (Mass.) Amer loan tells the fol-
lowing queer story: The hairdresser at the corner
OF Amesbury and Common streets, has introduced
machinery into his business, the motive power
being middle-sized black dog, who travels in
sort OF treadmill in a room adjoining the shop.
BY means OF betting circular brush is turned
with considerable rapidity, an operator guiding
its motions upon the head CT the customer. 1t is
d decidedly pleasant sensation, and If one has
headache it is very apt to disappear. Any dirt or
dandruff is cleaned out Of the head by this process
also. Rover is sort Of spare hand in the estab-
hshment, and his services ave only required when
there are great many waiting, and speed is
5 needed.
The cornerstone of the new Cathedral OF the
Holy Cross, which is destined to be the largest
Roman Catholic Cathedral in America, was laid in
Boston on Sunday. 1t ID expected that when COM
pleted it will have cost 81 SOC, 900. The ceremo-
nies were witnessed by sixty thousand people,
Sone idea of the extent of the structure may be
gathered from the statement that it will cover an
area Of ifty-fve thousand square feet Of land, on
the corner of ashington and Maiden streets,
purchased at cost Of $500 600. 1t will be built in
the early decorative style Of Gothic architecture,
present front of one hundred and fifty feet, with
three hundred and fifty feet tower and spire, and
the extreme depth Will be three hundred and sixty
four feet. The chief material to be used is gran
ite, and the interior, as well as the whole exte-
rior, will be finished and decorated in q style Of
rank and expensive elegance.
General CHARLES GRIFFIN, of the United States
Army, died at Galveston, on Sunday. General
GRIEEN was native of Ohio. He graduated at
West Point in 1S47 During the late war he was o
faithful and honored officer. At the fret battle of
Bull Run he commanded Battery D, Fifth Regi-
ment Of Artillery. On the 9th of June, 1862, he
received his commission as Brigadier General and
in 1854, on the reorganization of the Army Of the
Potomac, he was placed in command of the First
Division Of the Fifth Army Corps. In May, 1864,
he participated in Sighting before Richmond. In
the spring OF 1866, he took part in the closing
scenes Of the war, serving bravely under General
SHERIDAN in the campaign around Didwiddie
Courthouse, and before Richmond until its cap
ture. Under the Military Reconstruction Act he
was appointed to the charge of the subDistrict of
Texas, under General SHERIDAN, and on the re.
moval of the latter was assigned to the command
of the Fifth Military District on the 5th inst.
Colonel ERNEST DE FLEURY, known in France as
the Baron DE L1sLE, died a few weeks since. He
was born in Lyons, and was educated in Paris.
Being very wealthy, he travelled extensively, and
more than twenty years ago came to this country.
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