The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-01
NEWS SUMMARY.


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Cotton closed in New York at the decline Of 29aaa
500. for MiddIng Uplands.
Gold was quoted OF S5s.
The Liverpool market closed easier at decline.
Middling Uplsnds lid.
,l:SA hawk has been lilled in Amherst County, Va,
measuring four feet from tip to tip.
They had an earthquake, last week, out in nl-
nois, Iowa, Kansas, and further West.
There vas sharp frost, last week, in Columbus,
Chic. .-.-,-,--
!. The new Department Of Education, under the
direction Of Professor HENRY BARNARD, Is now
fully organized and at work.
Aoow belonging to MIR. JAMES HARRIS, who re-
sides on Water street, Alexandria, gave birth, some
days ago. to three calves.
The Emperor of Brazil has put tomb stone
over the remains of poet who died Of starvation
in his dominions.
Florida produces lemons that weigh over q
pound, and are twelve inches in circumference.
They are obtained by cross between the common
.lernon and sow orange:
The Connecticut farmers are turning their at
tentioq this spring to- the cultivation OF sorghum
RplSSe' OF tobacco, the latter being very slow of
sale.
Among the items IN the general Appropriation
Hn passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature were
1900 'for prayers for the Senate, and $500 ssfor
prayers for the House,"
The Niceroy of China it is reported, is dilligent-
Heugsgsd IN the study of the Bible, and has is
sued procamstions against certain forms Of idols
try and idolatrous professions.
The latest idea which has occurred to hatters is
to calf aeir busin ess caputology. Instead Of say
ing .sWho is your halter" it will be proper to say
"Who is your eaputologist 2"
Twenty bishops wno died in Ireland during the
past forty -ave years, left severally, money
amounting to the average OF s275, 600 each, not to
speak Of real estate. Tything in Ireland pays.
On the day after Lent sirloin steaks rose
from twenty EIGHT to thirty-fya cents pound in
the Philadelphia nlarkets, and poultry in proper
,ta6G: Butchers found it hard to meet the demands
OF their customers even at those prices.
PATTON, in he article on sewing machines in the
aast AkGntic Aanthly, computes tx 1frois number
Of mashihes manuisc.v up to the close Of last
year, at 754 and the present rate Of manufac-
us about 10000 per unnum.
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Gazette remarks that
Professor AaAssN's handwriting is rather bad, and
suggeste thst .:the renowned lover Of bugs keeps
one Of his. fynrites as an amanuensis, and makes
It inscibe letters with feet dipped in ink"
Preaching pays; in Connecticut. Three Hart
ford ministers pay o tax upon $174, ,7O9; Rev. DIR.
GsoRaE q. CIAak, $s7, BIS; Rev. Dr.. JONATHAN
s46sS75, md Rev. DR.. HORACE BusRyEIIl,
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The london Spectator contains an article with
The ttse .sghe Wiokedness Of Large Dividends. -
Thssis generally considered hereabouts as very
Eood Aals. but Just now our people are more con-
.oerned sbout the miseries Of small dividends.
NnetJ Jsehree million four hundred and eighteen
thousand nine hundred and torty-seyen dollars
were dsposited in New; York city savings banks
year, an increase Of ten millions on the previ-
ous year. - s.,,-., ,..,
In case tried last week at Madison, Indiana,
avman, charged with the larceny Of another wo-
mans clothes, was discharged ON the ground that
the indictment should have alleged the property
belonging TO this wQran's husband.
The British snd- FOREIGN Bible Society has at
1ass recala5d Psantsaoh 10 iseu the Bible in Po-
-xnfsyA depot for tbs sale OF Scriptures has been
,,,:r,,, ,ha ASA ,yssstSa rn,ca 600
.,,,o,,nto, too: ai,3Ij :,
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B0Hq1NlD also has been. bedeputationed to issue
some tsut- Ola stay law. General Orders No, 10.
Headquarters Military District No. q, appear to be
one of.the most popular publications that have
lately emanated from the press.
The Montgomery Adpertiser Of the 18th has an
s%.or.A eSla nlnsins sfonsy mat the people Of :.
o.H, 60, 49, nN soe. ~. 70 Mu'n u'sp,easeu
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os4et - '1oAA-lN' pi0-
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1sute: 80 eonpans ploposes ~ constrao' nts'
Iton Dosson 's', 20 no1Duiy ino p1n o'n-
.1 ha'hosa uaoA en0ioseu ~ 'uD0' on
Hnacn ealss1. cars sass..7l.! WIN De placed
20, nnagn1ncens hnsssn cnspei was reoenuy efes'
o. w the outsf1s OF GENEVA A's goioeu cupun''
y 2Ms " hs'e1 as = oseanee VI s"eh's hinee' Auo
de0catlon ceremonies were very Imposing. an
ne ifoses!ant pas.oss W tne cltY were presen''
:tne fsIat Unurnn was ~ilnous . repfesehsaase'
tornado passed Oyer the noltnern part o, No"
Jefsey ON menday alseInoon. its uack was ha'i
l.s we. = "ss eine.y aoS'i uou'1 oS Son'
"iiH,o D~lD, anu o's1.o1e.
3ofn Fom o taer M q anu mucn property ue-
sEoyeoe
Ines stassement mas gone .ne rouhos oh .ne
papers that during the last three mon'ns' nve
nleFgyman 10 fou Anghcan oEders, Deiongins W
the ultra high Church schooi, have gwen up tneir
curacies, and have been received INTO the hounsn
Church. hs' z.....
The government has not yet become acquainted
with the object OF the visit 70 tins country OF tne
Japanese Imperial commissioners. Atnouga