The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-15
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NEWS SUMMARY.

s.:'y NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed in New York frmer at % for Mid
ding Uplands. Gold closed at 1871.
Cotton closed in Liverpool at nlallsd. Tor hao-
ding Uplands. :.
New HAMPSHIRE has s3,0O0,G0O invested IN
horses "a, 500, 900 in cattle, s2,500,OOO IN mlch
COWS, 81, 0o0 600 in sheep, and s674 600 IN sWlne
Eighteen Italian Roman Catholic priests have
recantly contracted marriage under the new civil
code Of that country. -
There are 400 journeymen printers and press
men in Chicago, earning on an average s2l per
week, or s. so per day.
Tbere are now thirteen cotton factories in opera
tion in Tenne zee, worth nearly million OF dol
1ars, and. employing over nine hundred opera
tives.
Indianapolis is Just now threatened with fam
Inc. During the past week nearly twenty butcher
shops have been compelled to close, owing 70 tne
great scarcity Of beet.
The colored boys near Corinth, Mississippi, are
tSsslsk,ssaine bullets from the battle fields In the
1;c;nitv and exchanging the lead for spelling
: books..
travellers as one of the most picturesque ruins IN
svitserlaud, has lost it's principle tower, which
suddenly fell to the ground on the I'D ultimo.
The highest return OF income made in Chicago
ia by CYRus H. MCCORMICK, Of reaping machine
celebrity, who pays tax on s16s,76o. Next to him
comes PrT1s soHuTTLER, whose return ls $lll, go.
These are the only two incomes in the city that
ya.oaed 100000. PETER PALMER, who two years
400 headed the Chicago list With $3.50, ,OOo, has
gone to live in New York
The Boston Post says: "Senator WILSON talks
IN the South like tschoolmarm to an urchin. II
vru ara good boy, and mind me, you shall have
= cake: hut II you are disobedient, you shall be
shnt up in fhe closet"
m Il said that HENRY WARD BEEcHER has finally
concluded to visit the Holy Land this summer, as
,1roiectsd alterations in Plymouth Church will pre-
), 1spt the holding Of religious services there for
some months.
Cautain RosERTs has in press in England
vnlume entitled 'sNever Caught; Personal Adyen-
tures During Twelve Successful Trips in Blockade
Running." The period embraced in his books is
1858
An Ohio exchange says: SIT is affirmed that
fhisyes have, in New York city, a regular school
7 where burglary is taught as science. They nave
hsd lust such school as that on the most mag
nifceut scale at Washington ever since the Lincoln
party came into power"
Two men and o boy have agreed to the foolhardy
attempt of crossing the Atlantic in small schoon-
ar..ieped vessel Of 81 tons measurement, about
4ha;.9 OF this month. II successful, the craft
VIA be- presented to the Son OF the Emperor OF
;. France. ,'.,,.-.'-s. -
.On,the 10Th Of May, 1865, JEFFERSON DAVIS was
:, captured 1t Ewinton, Ga, on the 10Th OF MAY,
1885. he was indicted for treason BY the Grand
Jury of Norfolk, and on the 10th Of May, 1867, ne
q was released from Fortress Monroe upon Haoeas
Corpus. -. ..s,.. sie-l.-
. The complete works OF Mr.. HERBERT SPENCER
are in course Of ganslation into French and into
Russian. The .sPrinciples Of Biology" Volume
III: the third of his philosophical series, is now In
tho press Old. APPLETON Co., and will be snort
1y published.
.sisThe aEonton (O.) Register says: Our Oldest
tsrmers cay they never have seen such prospects
IN kinds Of fruits as are visible now on every
hxnd: They declare also the same concerning
wheat. In some localities it is foot and bali
3 high; and very thick.
Xxi The Savings Banks Of New York are said to be
Auffsrine from the disturbances among the labor
ing classes in that city. Smaller amounts OF money
were deposited in them during April than previous
~. and In some cases mechanics out OF work were
Obliged to draw money from the savings banks.
.Theoldest English newspaper that has been dis
covered, is quarto pamphlet Of few leaves, en-
a 4;alsd p.The Diurnal Occurrence; or Daily Pro-
ceedine Of both Houses, in this great and happy
PARLIAMENT, from the Sd November, 1640, to the Sd
November, 1641. London: printed for WILLIAM
Cooxr, and are to be sold at his shop at FurniVais
Inn Gate, in Holborn, 16l."
!. Il in said that Confederate General JOE JOHN
EsoNswas heavy loser by the PARKMAN defalca-
lions in the Selma (Ala.) National Bank. We DO
not attach any credit to the rumor, as it Is well
ascertained fact that the war, and more especially
its sudden and disastrous close, put every Con-
4dsrate General beyond the chances Of loss by any
accident that could befan National Bank
;Phs committee OF arrangements for the inaugu-
Itsttion Of Governor ENdIlsH, Of Connecticut, pro-
Z yifsd for the crowd IN attendance 1900 pounds OF
bsesH and ham, 5000 biscuits, 5000 dough hnuts 10
barrels Of crackers, 800 pounds Of cheese, 5000
pickles, 5000 oranges, 200 pounds OF butter, 25Oo
plstes, 25OO mugs, 40 pitchers, $50 pals, tubs,
bAskets. DO. s,at...-.s:a
Tho .Mon.aaa Post, published at Virginia City,
ssssrts that Montana is the richest mineral coun-
.xy in the world. In 1855 the population was less
than GEO. and the yield Of gold was SIS, ,OOO 0OO
In the same year Idaho produced 100000, Col
otsdo, 81, 100000; Nevada, $le,o 1000; Oregon,
38,O0oOoo. California, with population more
than ten times as great, produced $25, ,oOo, goo.
ALx1ANpER CUMMINGS has resigned the position
nj Governor Of Colorado and has accepted that OF
Assessor Of the Fourth District Of Pennsylvania.
There are already number Of applicants for the
vacant Goyernorship. It is pretty certain that the
position will be offered to Mr.. HUNT, the Demo-
cratic candidate for delegate from the Territory.
He is at present contesting the seat OF CHILLI
Corr, the sitting delegate from the Territory.
Alter the LIST Of July paymasters' registered secu-
r;tiee will be made at ths following places: New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinna-
n. Chicago, New Orleans, Charleston, st. Louis,
Fan Francisco, Buffalo and Pttsburg. The last
4hree cities have been recently selected. Parties
desire to have their interest paid at the above
nlsces are requested to give notice at the depart
ment.
The celebrated borax Lake Of California is located
in Lake county. The borax is found in almost a
,nre state at the bottom Of the lake in white crys
t,ls. The mud is lifted up the bora1 is taken from
Il then and then sent to the works on shore to be
refined. There are now some seventy hands, most
II Cinnamon, employed there, and when the roads
Improve little, the number Of hands will be great
" increased.
The New York Commercial says: Mrs. HARRIET
ID hr1p
Intends to mako Florida her permanent home, hav-
ing bought property in that State. She has become
\ member Of the Episcopal Church. 1t Is scarcely
violating the sancty Of private affairs to state TINT
the. latter years Of Mrs. STowEs life are elouded