The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-08
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed in Now York at 81 for Middlinc
Uplan5s. Gold closed 1878.
Cotton closed in Liverpool yesterday evening
ut 11td for Middlng Uplanls.
A German statesman says BISMARCK keeps Ma
PoLEoN on his legs by boxing his ears first on tho
right side and then on the left.
Two mammoth tapo worms, one 100 feet and
another rs feet in length taken from the per
son of Mrs. CATHAR1NE RouAL, in South Troy
New York, on Tuesday, by Drs. LYON and SrEAnNs
In the absence Of mails, q California paper got
up On article on 'the six days of creation" and
the editor Of Salt Lake sheet wrote a leader on
Soothing Syrup"
The choice Of black for clergymen originated
with LUTHER, who, when he abandoned the dress
OF monk, took what tho elector of SAxoNY pre-
sented him, black cloth, or the court color.
Tho increase OF the urea under cotton cultiva-
lion in the Bombay (India) presidency is about
600 acres, representing increased export to tho
value Of s5o0o,0oo.
London has nearly 5000 policemen, divided into
eighteen divisions. A strong standing army
ready for service night or day. The expense of
tho department is s3,5oo,00O year.
The damage to the knoxville and Charleston
Railroad by the recent floods is estimated at $780,
600. bridge at Bridgeport, Tenn, has been re-
built costing 100000. #
/. FTesluenC JOHNSON mas ordered the return to
New Orleans OF the statue Of WASHINGTON which
was taken from the Capitol at Baton Rouge in
1862, and shipped to Washington City.
That wonderful starvation case in Dayton has
come toia very lamo and impotentc conclusion. The
1sspirits" suddenly cut Mr. BaowN's acquaintance,
and he has gone to eating again.
= The timely announcement is made that the
American Institute will hold . Worlds Fair in New
York in 1876, beginning on the 4th Of July, the
centennial Of American Independence
Rhode Island has the greatest population to the
square milo of anv Stat, the Union, and greater
than any country in Europe except France. The
labor IN the State shows on annual product of s6O1
for every man, woman and child.
King GEORGE, of Greece, has arrived at Lon
don. It is understood that the King will proceed
to st. Petersburg and ask for tho hand of the
Grand Duchess OLaA daughter cf the Grand
Duke CoNsTANTNE. -
Quaker attire was once the. universal costume Of
sober citizens of the middle class in England. All
have departed from that fashion now but the
Quakccs, and they have never changed, but kept
on in the old way. s- st~ E
Some tmo ago, SIS, 900 in notes Of the Fincastlo
{Va bank were stolen from gentleman in WASH
ington. One day last week $4,000 were found in
Baltimore, $4,000 in Philadelphia, and $4,000 in
! Petersburg, Va.
LUCY STONE is creating quite M excitement ia
Kansas on the question Of Woman's Rights. It is
believed that the propositions to strike out from
the Constitution the word, white and male will
both carry this fall. ,iaa
"A San Francisco correspondent says that . sys-
tenn Of slavery exists the Society Islands, under
the auspices Of tho French government, unequalled
in barbarity by any former plantation system down
South. The victims are Chinese coolies and ma
rtves Of the Pacific islands. E.. TN N . ~
"A young man went to a Catholic church in st.
Louis with two acquaintance whom he had fallen
: in with, and, as he was devoutly worshipping on
his knees they seized him by the neck, half
choked him, and stole his pocket book. While he
prayed his companions preyed
In 184O we consumed "a, 900 pounds of opium. at
n cost of $40, 800. In 1850 we consumed $1,000
pounds, at cost of Sass, 600 In 1860 the impor.
tation reached 119, 500 pounds, at cost of $437-
ESQ. Meanwhile the population has doubled, but
the consumption Of opium has quintupled .
Abiding to the purchase Of Russian America by
the United States, the Journal, Of St. PETERSBURG.
says: s'We can only state that the transaction is
mutually advantageous, and that the ports Of
Eastern siberia will be granted certain privileges
and that the commercial interests OF both coun-
tries will be promoted t
Washington dispatch Of the 29th says: Sew
eral large boxes filed with presents for the Presi
dent, Secretary SEWARD and Gen. GRANT, con
signed to the Japanese Commissioners, arrived
to-day. Tho sword for General GRANT is one of
the finest pieces Of workmanship ever seen in this
country. ~ H.
Yale College is opulently rich, and the faculty.
are making theme Of the money to raise it to the
highest standard OF excellence. They have for
building purposes fifteen hundred thousand dol
lars and design soon to erect an entirely new set
OF brown stone dormitories, a memorial chapel,
the Peabody geological museum, and a new Divini-
ty Hall. @
We learn from the Turf, Field and Form that
Captain JOHN TEAvERs, the celebrated pistol shot,
as making arrangements for opening gallery at
2 Washington, D. C. In 1886, at New Orleans, he
shot'an orange from the head Of friend, at the
distance Of thirtysix feet, and is ready, on suit
able wager, to repeat tbs feat. friend of his ex-
presses willingness to become q rest for the
target
Senor ROMERO has received official reports from
GenenrA BENAvDEs, commander Of the Liberal
forces besieging Vera Cruz, and from General PoR-
71Rlo D1Az. The reports fully corroborate the in
teligence previously received OF the defeat Of the
Imperialist General MARQUEE. General BENAvDrs
had heard Of the capture Of -;Queretaro by Esco-
-'o, sAASA "oo .A4eAtlouS Tu1QOT Ln0C MAXIMILIAN
had been Hade prisoner. ,S@
A Mr.. BROWNING in the Massachusetts Leeisla-
ture, member from Lee, opposed an appropria-
ton to the Agassiz Museum being Of no stpractc-
al use to the people," Mr. B. declared he was q
down on great institution for the preservation OF
picked snakes, and periwinkles, and dead fish and
such trash, and the old fossils who want to keen
their snakes, and fishes, and rubbish, should nav
for the keeping Of them out Of their own pockets,
Y remarkable case Of swindling took place in
Sidney Bar, G. B., a short time since. A man
named HARRY JAMES CLEAvE1AnD claimed to hpy
received telegraphic despatch announcing that
he had fallen heir to property valued at f25OO
year. he exhibited tho dispatch to several mer
chants, it was thought to be genuine, and they
trusted him to lnrge amount. He tried the Same
game in Halifa1, but was detected, and is now in
custody. r.# 4@ iF4
Astrong story Of coincidenocs is told by an Eng
1ish paper-that at Liverpool two women in differ
ent localities, each carrying grandchili down
stairway, stumbled and fell. In each instance the
child was uninjured, but the woman died the same
evening. The name Of eaoh woman was ELIZA
BETH FLEMING. We should rs her be excused
from believing the whole Of that story. We are
willing TO admit that tho two women fell down
stairs. ss
W. ~ Yorkshireman has just been sentenced to
years imprisonment, in England, for theft. For
the last twenty-three years he has supnorta5 hin