The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-23

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10 NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed in New York yesterday at 1881, and
cotton at &c. for Midding Uplands.
Cotton closed at Liverpool yesterday at lid. for
1iidding Uplands,
RBToRI and har troupe sailed for Europe on
Saturday, IN the Vaie de Paris.
Aightning conductor, on the lighthouse at Fa-
camp, proved useless against q thunder-stroke, IN
consequence Of being terminated In clstern OF
water lined with Portland cement.
Professor ELTON says the following simple
method affords sure test Of the purity or impu-
rity Of milk: Drop little milk on the thumb nail,
II pure, it will remain; if not it will How away.
Rev. JAMES O. ANDREW, D. D., Senior Bishop OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South we SEQ
by the Louisville (Ky.) papers, preached in that
city on Sunday last.
The number Of war books sold by the publish
ing houses Of Hartford, is about 200, and
their value 81 500. Apublisher invested at the
putset in one Of his books $4,000, and in the hrst
wear the sales amounted to 100000.
farmer in Saratoga County, New York, has
Fitted barrel containing one hundred and forty
five pounds Of sugar, with his teeth, after which
he offered to bet $25 that he could lift it with TWEEN
freight more pounds on it.
. IN. aaIIos, Director Of the Observatory at Bres-
Ian has. determined the indemnity Of the orbit Of
ono of the swarms Of shooting stars Of April OF
which the radiant point is well defined, with that
Sof thaeomat d! 1851.
Water in small quantities may be frozen in q
red-hot crucible by mixing 1t with small guam
tity Of sulphurous acid. In the same way water
NAV be carried IN metal seive provided it ID
heated to redness.
The colored men Of Assumption Parish, Louisi-
ana recently held meeting, at which speeches
were made advocating the policy Of standing by ths
4is5suiisssz end politically affilatg with
chose whom they had known 50 long.
.. The Broadway Bank, New York, was the victim
. nR, forgery about o month ago, TO the amount OF
1 Si7boaa The forgery only came to light yester-
I day: The check purported to have been drawn by
the board d. Edncation, in favor Of bearer.
= : Il hts Boaen notion generate steam with
the aid Of waste dust, very fine, injected by
c,r1rsant Of into the space over the
!. arasNhs re- il burnsWith an intensely hot flame,
and greatly Increases the production Of steam.
sis . The Bainbridge Ga, Argus Of the 18th has the
5 following =, Mr. JACOB .HARHELL, OF this county,
SiNbltsdtous, ON the 18th instant stalk Of cot
ia nshaa high which is ? remarkable
specimen for the season. BE has good crop
! and ao;has eyazy one in Decatur. go. ~.
Mr. JErTHRsoa DAy1ss says the New York Herald,
/, on Friday removed from the New York Hotel to
the private residence Of Mr.. CHARLES o'OosoR, q
Fort Washington. Ills family and suite remained
at the Hotel. sHeswas to have left New York for
]. Montreal on Monday last. ,s.4 aae,r>...yys
: "A company of;negroes, eighteen in numbsr'
hsssIen Greensboro. N. O., and under the drec-
: aaionof negro barber from. Greensboro. are now
on their way to Illinois, in which State they pro
z gposs to ssi Want Of employment, and inability
sto sibeist themselves and families, they assigned
~ reason Of their emisrasion. o.,. -. -.
The metropolitan Police force Of London number
1853, against iss14 in 1856; It is divided into 26
,abattalious or divisions, averaging 800 EACH Dur
ins ii years only 5s5 have BEEN charged with Of
fences and one- fifth Of these were from their own
officers. Only 16S in an were convicted on these
We are sorry aa;y: to learn, through the London
Lord BhogaHlH is very III at Nice
1t il feared psss hope. The venerable old gem
tlsman, Who Is said to be still in full possession Of
hia mental faculties, has for many years borne up
against the physical in6rmitiss Of ase
Bus even The stoutest heart must yield to fste.
The ffst chime Of balls Ii America was present.
ned toCArist Church; Salem street, Boston, ,'ons
hundfsd and txenty years sgo: The bolls
sxistirs good state Of preservation. The inscrip-
.fon upon the third tenor reads: ssWe are the first
Tine Of bells cast ior the 1riish Empire in North
Amaios,AsD.l774..aefa 70 '-7'47 'i-'' -
.ss ha1 london Alteneun contains the frightful
5,tiieenent 4thst Mr.. NJ F.. T. has written
3hird sesies-of his sProverbisl Philosophy; which
win be published during the present month, MIR.
TuppxR deserves credit for certain kind Of cour-
age. Few writer's would voluntarily face such
storms OF ridcule as those that greet the appear
ance Of every new volume from his pen.
Harvard College has yielded at last to the inn
psrstives demand Of the nineteenth century and
the. American public. In pursuance of recent
Ghafise In its course of studies, Latin and Greek,
4sitees the Freshman year, win be only optional
Stdsdiesss the student having his choice between
them and mathematics, philosophy, physics, the
modrn languages, &c.
Thslatast msreb nest goes round the Radical
papers in the shape Of the following paragraph:
ssIt has been discovered That 0 party Of Southern
ISbslTwh0 we're in Wsshfngt bon. after the srrfen-
defos LIE pegotiatins or their psrdons, were st
tie same TIME engaged in an effort to induce the
sIpeftr ndIaeft6 to aid them promising to re-
Fd6aaie rebellion with Yigor n!ii;a cit
il lDisbatches from ahe 'seat OF Indian war state
that large numbers Of hostile warriors are assem-
bling in the neighborhood Of Forts sedgwick, Phil
Kearny and Saunders, in Nebraska. A general
war ia considered inevitable in Arizona. The In
dams are raiding through the valleys, destroying
fhe property and carrying away stock. The citizens
have determined to shoot any Indian caught wan
dering among white men.
new style OF railroad ticket has been adopted
mn = Maine railroad which deserves notice. Slips
.ra sold at the several stations good for five hum
Stsd miles Of travel. Az oftanas thirty miles have
besn passedoger. the conductor cancels that por-
HIM Of the ticket, and this process is continued
nntii allthe miles have been consumed In Jour-
:nseyinR:. The mileage tickets, as they are Called
ara sod cheaper than others, and are good for any
dsy, 80 that the public gains both ways. -.
i A Acorrespondent at Jacksonville, Florida, VII
ting tothe Brockport Republic, on April ), gives
the location Of Mrs. srowE's purchase OF home
In Florida. tits at Mandarin, on ST. Johns River,
about fifteen miles south Of Jacksonville, and
comprises good dwelling house and four hun
dred acres Of land, with half mile river front, |
and . sweet orange grove Of one hundred bearing |
trees, With an annual production Of sixty thousand
oranges, also numerous young trees. The annual |