The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-08

>tafess, fheS Sepaulettes o$tslhs6asWere mace Oh
spoons, As ESTagssd BY, the people seeing the
spoons, even the negroes, too, shouted Butler,
sBt1fl6Ts ~ =;
aenstd HAsoocKs ct, Indian expedition, fifteen
hundred strong, proposes to 80 Fort Larned, or on
the SAINTS, Fe road. where he will invite al the
chiefkso hostile tribes to council, and discuss
terms 81 peace II: :theyfail to agree, he will inn
mediataH enter upon q vigorous war against them.
IN digging asce1laE On the corner Of superior and
Erie streets, Gegaaadt the other day, the petrifed
body Of . man WAS found, together with number
OF knives, arrow-heads, &C., az usually found in
Indian graves. One OF the arms was accidentally
broken, but otherwise the body is nearly perfect
While steam fire engine, returning from fire
was CROSSING the Erie Canal bridge in Rochester,
the flooring gave way, and the engine, horses, and
three men were precipitated into the canal below
The men we're all more or less injured, one Of the
horses was killed, and the steamer badly damaged.
The cogza ctors for the Chicago Lake tunnel
claim 10 have lost money on the work, and have an
application before the Council for anadd ddihonal al
lowance The sxatsr; #h1ch is now in use; one Of
The pspers Sis found to be beautifully clear,
although little pieces Of vegetable. matter, like.
uoss, Ma ssan doating Id it. -. s Il.
The lsat cutnarynoyelty is aiphabehc soup r,
stead ef usual sand eyalndrlc ana sser-snapeo
motcelso Of maocaroni, which have herssofore given
body to our broth, the letters Of the alphabet have
bean substituted. AS these letters Of paste pre-
serve their form in passing through the pot, their
appearance in the plase is capate 70 say notnlng
OF their whimsical -, s.--ss--. -,
A bureau. agent m Georgia, sends the 1ol-
lowing commuplcatlon To- 81 tne eusnpers appeU
"please announce through your r. columns, mat
persons 81 p2tn c9lors' VINO are lI n1na 4 ae'
defotmed, Impeeale or aecfeIma are. Ieqnes1ea 70
S1i.e ~ uets.a, ouo ,'
their 1iarias r Wow of being assisted ny the gov
ermnent of the un1ted IN g, states. aes'.s
Paris is going mad over sort OF nummlne top'
ju1tmyentmf By . pafaentiess DOCTOR 1t ls MADE
to reyolye by 6stnlsar whipcords and handle, and
when It reaches it's maximum of rotation six small
tops cme ont Of lit and begin TO spin round it; at
the viii Of the spinner they return to the bosom Of
their mother. The inventor calls this the prolific
top; . happier name would be the oposHu1n top
$ Numerous expedients are reported rom Massa-
chnsetts get around the prohibitory liquor law,
which is now being enforced with rigor in that
State. The latest expedient is the sale Of mince
pies With Largo quantity Gf brandy In them, or as
q Boston paper iexprssses it, about one drunk to
each 1mince pie.isT These are known as "ant-proh-
bition pies and are chiefly sold in the highly e1
emplary and moral town Of Boston.
Al Eigfsh artist has succeeded in the photo
graphing Of gums while being fred. In the pic
tures which were taken, the moment had been 80
exacty seized, that the ball could actually be seen
p.rrotruding from the muzzle Of the gun, while in
thu, very act Of leaving it. The electric mechanism
by which the gun is fred and the plate exposed at
the exact instant desired is said to be equistely
Ingenious.
The earthuorks of the Paris Exhibition, includ-
;no the Park, amount to upwards Of half million
cubio wards. The iron work amounts to 1s,2oO
tons, of which 10000 tons are in the great ma
chinary gallery. The windows of this gallery pre-
sent surface Of 700 square yards, and those Of
the other galleries Is ocO The palace itself occu-
pies an area Of 14O 1854 square yards Or this 1000
square yards will be occupied by France, q ,653 by
ENGLAND. and 1900 BY the United States.
An explosion occurred on the Sd ult., at the Clio
yer Hill Coal Mines near Richmond, Va, in which
s;xty-nine lives were lost-thirty white, and thirty
nine colored. The explosion was caused by the
accumulation of gas in the pits but little is known
OF the accident, as the mines Immediately took
fire, and the northern shaft was closed to smother
it. A bucket, shoe and lantern were blown by the
force of the explosion rom the bottom OF one OF
the snaAts W "AAo wy ~ '''o AA''o e0'"''o' "