The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-10
NEWS SUMMARY,
Gold closed in New York at 1877.

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GRANT and Doo11rr1E nre hoisted as candidates
for 1865 by the Colorado Transcript
Mrs. HARRIET BEEcHER STowE, it is stated, has
become member of tho Episcopal Church.
It is said that BEEcHER gets $10O column fol
his story. .ee.y,s.F
The belt railway whi Ii grdles Paris is now com.
plote. The last five miles and a half cost 49,.
100000. .. u
Last .7eek a merchant Of Newbuzyport received
a telegram from Calcutta in two days and five
hours hon its date, costing $500.
Cork paper says that for many years there has
not prevailed more destituton than at present ex:
lists among the numerous poor in that city.
Panthera and wolves, driven out Of the sws1s,,a
by the ovordowed rivers, are becoming dangerous
in the hill land Of Jefferson county, Miss.
One firm in San Francisco is shipping f-e.u ~:
900 to so On0 hu.1ols OF AoIr New York b. every
steamer.
An Italian paper, not wanting in political ssgaci.
y, recently said: ''schleswig gave us venice-Lux
emburg viii give Us Rome.'
Coral jewelry is one Of the most prominent nov
elites Of its class in Paris. The rosepink variety
Is most esteemed, and is worth twenty times its
weight in gold X ! %'5
President JOHNSON and other distinguished per-
sons are to be invited to be present at the inaugu-
ration OF the CLAY statue st Louisville, on the 30th
OF May. !.j ::;1,t.:,: t,i " g.-s, ".-:- I,
The Emperor and Empress Of Russia will shortly
prosced to Kissingen to take the waters. They
will afterwards: in all probability, go to Paris to
visit the exhibition.
In Chicago the railway companies and manutac-
turers have decided to pay men by tho hour, by
which device pin is stuck clean through The
eight-hour bladder.
The seventy-sccond Annual Council Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church., in the Diocese Of
Virginia, will be hold in Staunton, on Wednesday,
the 18th day Of May, 1867.
The King Of Sweden and Norway has conferred
upon Captain JOHN ERICSSON, the we'll known in
the Swedish Order Of the Polar Star.
It IS stated that General GAR1BALD1 has begun q
three-volume novel, with priests for its principal
characters and Rome for the scene Of action. He
is also engaged on history Of his public life.
Nine steamers a week are now employed in trans-
porting Irish and German emigrants from father
Land to the happy hunting grounds Of the New
World. And the cry is still they come.
The expected spring ttrush' has not come in
New York AL descriptions Of dry goods, except
bleached goods and fashionable prints, are still
declining, and the best informed expect further
Decline, :ds.sy5 ,.4a s
Miss Fox, OF 'trappings" notoriety, contemplatea
an early return to her profession considering her
self released from the obligation imposed upon
her by the late Dr. KANE, as described in the book
published year or two ago.
Uncle TOMS Cabin is still selling 1000 copies q
year. The original publishers have sold $4,000
copies Of it in AL and counting foreign saitiona it
is probable nearly million copies of His famous
book have been printed
since advanced his simple, cheap and short meth
cd Of converting pig iron into malleable steel, is
already enjoying from it an income Of $500 600 per
annum &Has
new and important branch Of Southern indus
try is developing in the swamps of North Carolina
and Virginia, from which large quantities of peat
are now extracted In the Dismal Swamp peat can
be manufactured at 81 SO per ton which now costs
S6 in New York. 4: .
The British Admiralty has SO far awakened to
the progress Of naval science that it is selling it's
old wooden vessels Of war. a single firm has
bought whole steam feet with tonnage OF a.
305 tons for the sum OF f68,00O, price which the
Times considers very moderate.
A negro in Baker county, Ga, becoming enraged
at the refusal of dusky -damsel to marry him
procured gun and shot her as she was returning
from town few days ago, where she had been to
buy her wedding garments, preparatory to being
married to another man.
A gentleman named MARmApuKE, of Saline coun-
ty, Arkansas who went to Scotland last fall for the
purpose of procuring laborers, has returned with
quite number Of Scotch peasants He eontem-
plates second voyage soon, for the purpose Of
procuring more, being quite sanguine Of success
in his enterprise. &zs'2', y u. .';sss: :, z. \
We see by the Richmond papers, that the York
River Railroad, is nearly completed, and that in
few days cars viii run to the White House. L e. to
the site on the Pamunly River, where the. White
House used to stand. Gen. McC1E11AN, it will
be remembered, des roycd the memorable home
Of the CusT1s family, on his retreat in July, 1852
Awork soon to be published bearing this title:
enquiry into the Origin and Course Of Political
Parties in the United States, by the late e1-Presi
dent MARTIN VAN BUREN; edited by his Sons,
The work was begun by Mr.. VAN buren, twelve
years after his retiremcnt from the. Presidency.
ana was written in connection with his own :politi
cal memoirs. The latter come down TO the data
Il < AzaSa 81 81 '.'; .7@t A. 4.5-', .t4st
Hudson, New, York man Ian 1U4asaf 1hUaaa tseng at
chase o farm The forfeit" was $500. A few
weeks subsequent to this transaction third party
came and offered the original owner an advance Of
$3.50 for the farm. The seller 'sbacked watern and
paid the forfeit, when purchaser number two
<sdidn'b want to buy" Several parties have been
duped in the Same manner within q short time.
Secretary SEWARD gayea a dinner to the Japanese
Commissioners, on Saturday evening, at his resi-
dence. All the members Of the Cabinet were pres-
emit, except Secretaries STANTON and BROWNING.
Judge O1ro, Assistant Secretary OF the Interior.
ves slao present. After the dinner, the party re-
paired to the drawing where they were
Joined ny Baron GERo1r, Senator SUMNER, and the
Spanish and Mexican Ministers, the latter accom-
panied by thewife Of President JuAREz.
People who ride in French railway trains are
generally paSd FOR at q high rate il killed or in
jured by accidents" On road along the Medi-
ferranean coast there was ssdisaster last winter,
and the courts have j. Just ct decreed exemplary dam
ages to the relatives Of persons who were killed.
A lady whose husband was killed received s12 600
in gold, and her. son $12 5oO the widow of che
engine driver and family recovered $4,000: and the
widow Of porter killed on the train gets s120O
and in addition, an animal payment Of e120,
The omission Of Italy from the great powers
called to consult on the Luxembourg question. ex-
cites considerable comment, Surely, with har
newly acquired territory, and her "a, 900 900 Of
population, she lis entitled to rank among the
:. first.,, This iten we cut from an exchange.
But there IS nothing remarkable In the sso1nis-
sion, seeing that only such powers are represent
ed as were parties TO the several treaties, which
have determined the previous status Of Lu1em-
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