The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-20
The 1ai1g Nems,
NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed firm in Now York at 2Gia27 fol-
middlng upauds.

Cotton c.oscd IN Liverpool at 10l Tor upinnuB.
Tho New York postoffico building is TO cost less
than tho land upon which il is TO bo built. Five
hundred thousand dollars is the sum nppropria-
tod.
Miss HARRIET MAn1oN TnAcKEnAy, q daughter
Of tho eminent novelist has been married to Mr.
LESLIE SrErnEN, OF tho Inner Tcmple, second BON
OF Ito late Sir JAMES STEPHEN.
Stewart county, Georgia. registered GIT whites
and 1919 colored Eningham county, LOG whites
and 1T oolorcd Forsyth county, 9S8 whites and
las blacks.
The Vicksburg Herald says that the bar Of Tho
Northern Unitol Statos District Court for Missis-
sippi have sot their minimum foo in non-contcsted
bankruptcies at 500, ut $3.50 in contested cases,
md as much moro as thoy can got.
Blk bundled and seyonty-soven French con-
scripts arc annually exempt, upon tho avorago,
each year, as stammcrers. This fact proves that
suffering is moro common in Franco than is gcn-
orally supposed.
A jewish paper doprocates tho nirting which
goes on in the ohoirs Of their temples when Con-
tiles arc employed. A fascinating Christian tonoi
recently ran away with lovely soprano daughter
OF Rebeccs, under the yory droppings Of tho sane
tuary. gt7a
Burlington, W.. claims to hsvo tho highest
fountain in tho world. mountain spring has
boon tapped at an elevation Of Ss5 feot and from
thence conducted thrco and half milos to
basin, where it is let through on incl and quar-
tor uozzlo and tho wator thrown to hcight Of
154 foot.
Generals HNp,iAR and CHALMERS, mon who did
good fighting for the Confederate cause in the
army OF Tho Southwest from Shiloh TO tho disas-
trous onset at Nashville, have enrolled Themselves
In tho Southern wing Of tho Republican party led
by LoNosrRKET, JEFF TnoHPsoa, Governor BnowR,
II u
Randolph Macon College, at its lato commence
ment, conferred tho degree Of Doctor Of Divinity
on Roy. Bishop MARVIN, Rev. NEIsoN HEAD and
Rev. ". ". BERNErT, Of Aloxaudrin: Ror. JonN
F. Enwlnrs, 81 L,.vhuurR ltev. BAhUEL g. RoB-
zELL and Rsy. JOHN PoIsAII, Of Baltimore. The
degree OF LII, D., was conferred on Bishop q. F.
PKGcK
good thing is told OF tho President in Raleigh
While responding in a feeling manner to tho vel
como 3iyon him, he used tho expression, 'Iot u.s.
my friends, repair tho broechesr-and before he
could add ''made by tho war;" an old woman OK
claimed, with perfoot delight, 'Bless tho dear
man, no has come homo sgain TO work at his old
trnde.n f..
BEREzowHx1, the would-be asssssln Of tho En-.
psror Of Russia, rays the Now York Tribune has
boen found t'auilty, with extenuating circum.
staucos," and has boon sentenced to imprisonment
probably would hayo boon brokon upon tho wheel,
or qunrtsred. The present verdict is gratifying
proof OF tho progross Of humane legislation in tho
Old World. from which to learn would wo think,
by no means injure the dignity Of the Now.
Chicago fully maintains its high reputation as a
faat city. The report Of tho superintendent OF
Police for the last three months gives tho follow
ing statistics: Total Value Of property reported
stolen, So. .T79 total Value Of stolen property re
cover 3D. $31 037 s.; total amount Of nes 1885 1885,
total number Of arrests, 6o58 Among tho charges
noted II the report are: Arson, al; assault with
intent TO kill, al burglary 40 forgery, 80 high
way robbery, +; riot, 1so; larceny, 45s; rape, 4.
A .dfasipntcd couple in Cleveland, Ohio, quar-
relied the other day, when the husband oonl erted
his property into caah intending to separate alto
gether and leave the city next day, Ho deposited
s46o0 between the cloth and lining Of his vest,
whore his wife found IL 10 tho night. she substi-
tuted an old almanac, and ne1t day they took dit
farrnt traina, he going TO Toledo in bllssul igno-
rance Of his loss and aho 10 her friends in Indiana,
with the money.
A letter from Buenos Ayrea says: tIarge num-
bora Of thoso unfortunate men and womon, be-
guilsd from the United States to emigrate to Bra
xil, begin to find their way hero. They are poor,
halpess, dsceived, and arc witnesses Of the folly
Of leaving the United statesfor any country under
s the saa ny pssSEsea sy iis Or i; man;
4 poor fellow. That Brazilian scheme {syinde I,
ought TO be exposed"
Rev. HENRY ". BELLews, now sojouruing sn
Paris, writes that NAPOLEON has poor walk and
an embarrassing presence. He looks care.worn
and cold, anxious and reserved. His complexion
Ia paIlid, and his expression deprecatory Thore
is nothing to excite enthusiasm in his look or
In Ia ha In Iod
spoken, aniable, and Of quick intelligence but
his face Ia both impassive and unpromising. ALI
the portraits fatter him."
Ths "old school" ply ysicians in Lowell do not,
apparently, extend tho hand OF professional cour-
teay in very cordial manner to their brethren,
the hom@opathD, II wemay judge Of thor gonoral
tone by that Of tho physician to the Health Board
in that town. In list OF tho CAUSES Of death in
tho month Of June, presented by this medical
officer OF tho board, thare wns ono case whose
early demise he had noted aa The result Of
homeopathic foolery." This is a new disease,
sssuredly, to be officially reported by q profes.
sional man in public document.
The Marion (OhIol Mirror Of the I'd inst. ..ys
that Mrs. RIuHAapsoN, near that town, had missed
her little boy, and went ont in the garden 10 hunt
him. To her horror she saw the little fellow,
eighteen months old, literally enveloped in the
folds OF monster snake. She heroicaly sofzed the
SNAKE IN her hand and toro IL loose. No sooner
was no loose, however, than be malo Tor the mo.
thor iero:iously, and coiled himself about her
person. attempting to straDgle her as he did the
boy. Shs sgsin seized him, aud disengaged her-
self from him, and killed him with an OF. Tho
little child sNolled up for acverai days. bnt has
finally recovered. Tho anako ls what La called the
''blue racer" which does not bite, but strsugles
It measured ten fent.
or the:sfea national saengerfest which look
place In Philadelphia this week, 10 which He have
alluded to before, the Boston Post says: This
sort Of celebration is one OF tho sound, hcarty
and sensible customs which the Germans have
transplanted from the Fatherland TO this country.
aud for which we should be thankful. As . class
the anausemsnts Of the Germans are innocent and
profitable, and none moro so than this national
singing festival, which we should Ike to SEQ grow
mp into an established American institution. In
Germany music is the birth-rsht Of tha reople
here, 1t Is an accomplishment, often an abomina-
tion. The saengerbunds have Bung Germany
almost into realization Of that ideal unity Of
which they dream, and the gaengerfcst has .
untfying political influence as well as o pleasant
social effect. Let us see what it will do for us In
this country.
TEE NEW TYCOON OF JAPAN appears to be 4
much more enlightened ruler than bis predeoas-
sor, and to have just conception Of tho means
nectB6Rry TO asaist tho growth and progperity OF