The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-23
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NEWS SUMMARY.

Boston genius has invented a burglar-pSoof
pocket.
"A Japanese has translated the Constitution Of
sho United States into his own language, with 'ex-
p~lanatory notes.
The gold production Of the earth in 1856 was
about $50, 600 pounds ayoirdupois; the silver pro-
duction 100000 pounds.
Somebody outraRes the Canadians by publish
ing in q Chicago paper q horrid rumor that the
Queen has appointed her gilie, John Brown, to be
her Viceroy Of the Dominion.
The sulphur mines of Italy are producing
three hundred thousand tons per annum. repre-
ssnting in q crude state o value Of 90, O0O. 900. The
greater part Of this supply comes from Sioily.
1t 10 stated that tho expenditures Of the Post
once Department for the fiscal year will be largely
In excess Of the receipts. This is said to DO ow-
Tag 10 the opening Of a large number Of routes in
Southern States not sslt-sustaining.
I'm q railroad Of Ave hundred miles in length,
the expansion Of the rails caused H. the heat Of
summer amounts to nearly o quarter OF o mile
from the point Of contraction in winter. This ex-
pansion Ia all taken up by the joints between the
Rails.
The Penobsoot river, in Maine, which has re-
GENTLY boon subjected to a survey bv a body Of
United States engineers, it is reported by them,
has its bed so full OF sawdust and slabs from the
lumber mills on the banks, as to exterminAte the
bass and salmon.
A New Orleans paper contains a curious typo
graphical blunder. Speaking Of yellow Fever
Victims" the Mephistophehan printers made it
'sYsllow Fever Witticisms." If there can be any
thing funny in that, II is rot very perceptible, to
the sufferers at least.
1t will be utterly impossible for the Repuhli-
can party TO succeed in its great mission unless
the ballot 10 STORMY protected, says Forney; but
We suppose he means suoh protection as was
given tho soldiers' baloting for Mr.. Lincoln, in
Indiana during the war.
Tho New York Commercial Advertiser SAYS
''ths result did not turn half so much on tho ques-
ton whether oolored men should vote in Ohio, a.
whether We should, by military law, convert the
Oarolinas, Georgia. Louisiana, Alabama, Missis-
sippd, etc., into 81. Domingo"
"A young Enghshman, OF wealth and culture,
recently fell in love with . squaw in Omaha, Kan
sas, and married her. The next day she got drunk
and turned somorsaults In the street. The young
Englshman Of wealth and culture, at last accounts,
was seeking for q divorce, on the ground Of moon
patfhdhty Of tastes.
Tho 81. Louis Republican, i'm speaking Of an
ear Of corn that was raised in Southeast Missouri.
says: 1.-THE ear 10 OF q whitish yellow color, is six
tesn rowed, measures nearly twelve inches in
length, weighs two pounds, and has about ono
thousand kernels ON it. Such Egyptian proper
tions do not indicate any proxi,nate approach of a
famine In that region. tIe eg.
Maine 10 q State that has, for it's size, o large
amount Of most valuable water privileges. It Ia
estimated, indeed, that there Is in Maine water
power enough, II properly employed, to support
Eve millions Of people. In the Southern part Of
she State the water power amounts to ut least one
million horse power, and nearly every town has at
Least ono and sometimes many mill privileges.
-At the recent convention Of homeopathic phy-
sisians at Boston, some Of the doctors mentioned.
with great approval, the use Of the warm bath as
\ remedy for the sick headache, and of southern
wood for infammAtory or common rheumatism.
both OF which uses are new. The President stat
cd that but three medicines had been thoroughly
discussed and tested by the society during it's
twsnty-Seven years Of existence.
a man in Russia named Kursem, q member of
q fsnattoal religious scot, recently killed his own
aon, and offered him 90 o sacrifice to God. He
stabbed the little boy OF seven several times In
the stomach, and after he was dead fell ON his
knees in ecstacy. imploring God TO receive the Of
fsrang. After being taken to prison he rssolutely
refused food, and died Of starvation before the
sentence upon him could be executed.
The profits Of wheat growing in the North
west appear from q single statement from q NIL
WoAAoo ~ lAOW Wue0y O0n Do m00A IN
pay o fair profit to the farmer in all the Northwest
arm region at the rate Of 81 q bushel. It ia now
bringing In this market from S1.75 to "a. One far
ner has employed dfty-two men the present sea-
eon. with fifteen respsrs. He sold his wheat at
$50 Q bushel. and has actually cleared nearly
$1,000 ON his years erop.
The misery OF buttons' In thus described by
an English writer: 'Sartorial ingenuity has not
yet attained to the manufacture Of masculine gar
Ments u~nsncumbered with the dire nuisance OF
buttons. IL is not too much to say that q mans
whole comfort during the day Ia dependant on the
state Of his buttons. The sudden detection of a
button, when the sufferer ia beyond the reach Of
all remedial assistance, puts him to misery and
perhaps to shame"
The New Orleans Evening Crescent, of Tuesday
Last. has the following paragraphs; sIt is report
% that two gentlemen Of high responsibility, re-
stdents OF the city, fought o duel early this morn
ING With pistols, and that one was killed at ths first
nre." "A party OF eight individuals were arrested
% principals and accessories to o duel which was
to have taken place yesterday in the Third Dis.
srist. The cause OF the enmity OF the principals
In OF the most delicate nature"
The Savannah Republican saws that Messra.
Brigham, Hoist & Co., on Saturday last, cleared
the Britiah brig Spring, 264 tons, Captain Thonp-
son, Tor Liverpool, with D cargo consisting of Ave
hundred and ninety-eight bales Of upland cotton,
weighing BOZ. 7sS pounds, valued a. s4s, 48s 50, aud
ssvsn bales Of sea Islands, weighing ITO pounds.
vAlued ct Sos; total weight SO7, 5es pounds, total
salus, aA9.171 80. This 10 the first direct export Of
the staple this season to Liverpool by sail.
-Colonsa Thos. w. Knox, well known a. the nm
thor OF Camp Fires and Cotton Fields" and as q
snseessfnl correspondent for the New York Herald
during the war, has recently returned from the
tour OF the world, having travelled %, 600 miles. OF
which distance $500 miles were In q sleigh In Sibe-
TIA. 1900 In Q carriage, 1000 by steam on the AMOR
Mvsr, and the rest by ocean and rail. Colonel
1nox has prepareds very interesting lecture en-.
titled 'Gix Monshs In Siberia" which no win soou
dsatver IN Boston, and subsequently, In the princi.
psS Western and Southern cities, upon the inyita-
ucn OF the various associations.
II Wilmington Journal, Of the 22d. aava
last week We oanittsd 10 notice the clearance a;
me hzstash brig Oronooo, which sailed from this
Hos4 on Thursday last for Liverpool Direct. srd h
that COMMISSION the fact that the .shinrnent ~
spirits tuspentfns made by her vas ona ~ phs
Largest, It ist thought the largest, ever nade from
this port. being 1oA6 barrels. The value Of tha
alignment 10 estimated Of between 49, GOO ana AN !.
oOo. Mssars. Robinson, Smith v Co, ware lin
ahippsrss end slis largs shipment spsaks raaoraLLfsoc-
sAsar snssapsise and business activity as mer-
chants than mare words can effect"
"A TEXAS leStor 10 Che NAuv nrYoans Sn,n.