The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-09
Yhg lal19 News
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed tirm yesterday III LiferpoOi-Iuo-
tod at 1Old. for MiddliDg Upland.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT returns his income as
sG59,S92.
8. 7. CHASE pays lax Oh Nh income oil s7oo,oVo
per yoar. Whom ho went 10 Washington, in 1861,
ho was not worth $4,000. IIo hus boon lucky
Gnuncior for himself, If not for tho country. lilo
and jar CooKE have mntlo 'luyalty' pay.
Ono OF tho most notorious bandits in Italy is
Gu1sIrrI MoRIsEE alias JOSEPH MoRRow, for
mprly Now York rowdy. He attended Yale Col
logo for two years, nud has also boon an inmate OF
some OF the Now York prisons.
On tho 31st OF October hoxt, II will DO thico
hundred and fifty years since LUTHER nnilcd the
ninoty.avo Theses 'on tho door Of tho Castle
Church Mt Wittonburg. It will accordingly COM
plcte tho seventh Jubine OF tho Reformation,
which historically dates from that day.
Driving tandcm il described to DO driving OF two
or moro horses one ahead Of tho other II ia O
Latin word which means ''at length" and has o
farfetchod application. Now, tho horso fairs bayo
now term which is 'tri-denn," Us applicable to
threo horsos. This torn is oven moro forced than
tho other.
Tho Now Orloaus B,AGiin romarks that ''if In
place Of encouraging tho immigration OF Coolies,
wo could encourage tho immigration OF oil hun
drod thousand looms aud spntlles, wo would i'm
part vauo TO crop before IL loft tho coun-
try than il wo increased tho orop isclf by atldi-
tonal production"
Tho German residents In China have sent Count
DIsMAncK testimonial in tho Bhnpe OF silver
goblet, five pounds in weight, and thicky gilt on
tho inside. On tho cover is q bust of tho Minister,
and on tho foot OF tho goblet tho arms Of Con-
erals YoN RooH, MoLTKE, HERwARTH YoN bitten
FIELD, YooEL yoN FALKESsTEIN, and srEINaETz
There are three thousand Six hundred andsixty-
four known Languages new used in tho world. or
isse, nine hundred and thirty-seyon arc ABiatic;
drod and seventy SIX European; two hun
six thousand and twenty -four American and
and dialects.
Pittsylrania County, fYa)., registered: whites
2GQ0, biacks 3i99. This is largc md wealthy
county, having extensive tobacco and grain PLAN
tations on tho river, which accounts for tho largo
number OF negroes who registered. Danvilo also
is in this county, whero groat number of negroes
aro employed in tho tobacco factorios.
It took soyen days and sovon nights to cmbalm
MACMILLAN. Tho operation was performed by
Drs. IaNAc1o RIyADANEI1A and YIANTE LlcENTE
Tho victim Ind boon pierced by balls through tho
thorax and abdomen, and It became necessary to
use tho Egyptian mothod OF cmbnming him and
partinl injection.
In tho fall VIC afo promised q complete transla-
martyr. Tho manuscript has bcen for many years
in tho hands OF his son and successor, and tho
plates arc already boing stcrcotyped. Tho word
.'baptzo," IL is said, will DO retained with tho un-
derstanding that it mcapB to mmerac.
The Kenuodalo factory, in courae of erection
noar Tuscaloosa, Ala., will bo the largest steam
cotton mill in tho State, boing about two hundred
and forty fectin lengh, by about ono hundred and
twenty in width. Ita construction is TO bo af!er
tho most approved plan OF English mills-and all
the machinery for spinning and weaving was pur-
chased abroad.
A short time since, some laborcrs digging in
field near Youghal. Ireland, discovered two antique
gold ornaments consisting two chnplcls or crccts
OF hoad, called from their shape lunottcs, and il
OF Druidical origin belong to class Of ornaments
worn only by tho high priests occasions OF great
solemnity. The ornaments weigh about eight
ounces, and nro OF tho fnest gold.
Tho report OF survey Of O railroad between
Nashville and Knoxville has Just been published in
detail. Tho projected limo ia one hundred and
ninety miles long, aud Rms OH natural route
along tho western slopo Of the Cumberland Noun
tainH. The estimate of tho totl cost OF construc-
ton is II, 8,2io,s4, which is $50, IA per mile. The
deepest grado is ninety feet.
Tho territory prof. ,sed will DO appropriated Oh O
permanent home for the Indians. That portion of
1t comprising tho Northwestern section Of Terns
ia cut off from the residue Of tho State by whit is
called Stake Plains, sandy waste. This part of
the Statc it, indeed, it should be deemed necessary
theae times, can bo procured for o comparative
trihe. It is estimated that tho whole exponae OF
the plan Of ending forever our Indian difficulties,
will not cIcocd the cost OF carrying the present
quasi warfare for o single year.
The Laconia IN. H. Democrat says there aro
two hundred and sixty-seren islands in Lake
Winniriscogee, though tho number is generally
placed ut three hundred and sixty-fye, ono for
each day in the year. Ono Of them contains moro
than ONO thousand acres; two more th9p FIVE hun
dred acres six moro than fifty acres, lfpenty-throo
moro than ten acrcs. Fad two hundred and twenty
six loss than ton acres. The distance around the
lake is ono hundred and eighty-two and one-quar-
tor miles. -s,
Tho Unitcd States Government paid ont, in tho
year 1864, s25 600 for tho support Of our West
ern military posts and in the year following tho
amount WAS increased to $57, ,000, 900. According
to present estimates the eIpenses for tho pant
year will roach tho sum Of $3.50 900 600 This will
doubtless surprise many, for thero aro but few who
haTo giyen attention to the subject OF IN Indian
war. Politicians are talking loudly for "extermi-
nation" and tho burden OF taxation is boing mid
still heavier on tho people through thoir cfforts
The State Prison at Concord, N. n, ia evidently
tho felons paradise. Witness the following par
ticulars recently brought to light by ON nyestga-
ting committee Of tho New Hampshire Legislature
1t appears from their report That OF the prison.
ers, DE1ANY, was allowed 10 keep three horaes in
the stables and allowed to go out and curry thom
His wife was also thore, and sho and her hus-
band wero allowed to occupy tho "parlor chamber
tho best room in tho house. Another prisoner was
detailed to cut tho Warden's hay in ncghboring
town, and woman who had been convicted Of
murder, allowed to so out on the streets OF
Concord 10 get her teoth 'illodl"
In yontifating railroad cars, tho great trouble
hitherto has been to procure current Of air and
at the same time avoid dust and cinders. This
difficulty seems to havo been overcome by an in
Fention to be tried on tho New York and New
Hayen Railroad. Tho apparatus is said TO DO 40
arranged that the Cars can BIO kept closed in tho
wnrmcst weather. while O continued circulation OF
pure air il kept up through thom. Tho air passes
in ut the front window, over water, wheIe it is
purified, and then ia distributed through pipes
opening into various parts Of tho car. Such On ar
rangoment would seom practicable and TO afford
the greatest probability Of success in tho solution
OF the two-fold problom above mentioned.
sPUHoEoNs great efficiency as u religions leader
is said to lilo in his administrative ability. Ho not
only works himself but inspires others to work
with all their might. Il Is said that commercial
firm in London woro 30 impressed with his ad-
ministrative ability that thoy offered him SIG, 900
year TO embark his influence in thor enterprse
Tia mannroa a chur,,l NJ Q2nO y,a,,boro a thoo,oo;