The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-31
NEWS SUMMARY.


Cotton closed in Liverpool yesterday at lid.
n most enthusiastic temperance mnu ct Fitch
burg, Mass., was annoyed til, other day by the
stato constablos, who conflscatcd private still,
with which he had boen carrying OH comfortable
little business.
General d. n COUCH, OF Massachusetts,, hos
boon elected and accepted tho presidency OF
mining and manufacturing company tLat Las re-
Gently purch nsed sixty squaro miles OF IMMORAL
land In Virginia.
Congressman KELLEY OF PHILADELPHIA roiraincd
from speaking in Augusta, because OF m intima-
ton from General popE that there had boon con-
troyorsy enough in his line. General Porn said
that no doomed KE1LgY's "utteranccs productive
vftnuoh HARM" a'i..
Tho hotels In Ciaromont, N. H., stll kocp thor
doors closed against tho travelling community,
because tley arc not allowed to soil liquor. sni
IN consn-sc.,-o --.ls,. IaKcn in regard to ro-
opening the samo. A livoly tino is anticipated.
Wo loarn from our exchanges TINT tho farmers
in'the Connecticut Valley will not probably 20 SO
iarg6ly into tho cultivation Of tobacco this ypur as
ttey did last, but will mako thoir principal crops
and potatoos Most OF last year tobacco crop
has been sold, but OF very low prices.
Donmark. hns complained to tho Great Powers
ofthe tariness of Prussia to carry out thu stip-
lation OF tho Treaty Of Prague the rctroccssion
ofthe Northern (D1niBh) Districts OF Schlcswig to
Denmark. Cot,:.t BISMARCK wishes TO delay tho
execution of tho treaty ms long possible, hoping
that the partisala Of Denmark will every year de-
croaso In numbers.
The Emperor OF Russia, the King Of Prussia, the
Emperor Of Ausirn and tho Sultan, all to visit
tho International Exhibition Of Parfy. jLc;r yigt
is likely to DO connected with now attempt to
solro the Eastern question, which, after the recent
NJ m In nli;tro n hy ihn
don Conference, is said to havc assumed n more
sorious aspccl. F'' Nt
At frocdman's meeting in Green,illc, Ala, q
few duyB ago, William Murphy, scnsb,c coloretl
man, defined his pUs:tiun in the following style,
which ia a platform Etr'd for white or biaa: 81
aM in favor OF oil hands Eo:ug t, work and usl;ing
plenty III cat, n:d Keep less no!ac, thea all will
cohio right. tell you the South is tn. greatest
country in tho world. I now propose three clice7s
for tho 6outh.'
Anew York correspondent in Louisville paper
says .hs slclrncrs, from Saw Orleans, Charleston
nnd Sarannc. within tho past fortnight have nc
tuaily beon bringing back ma:y 'housGats OF dol
Ia worth OF dry goods cnd other merchandise
m;.sh wcro soid by tho SrEwAETs end CI4ATF,Ss
last autumn six r,onth credit, tho purchasers
boing utterly unable TO raise oven paIt Of tho
money to pay FOR them.
by building wooden in:torics in to edso of
tho Diunai Swamp. Tho swamp mcn AFRO crippled
for The want VI money, yet they arc doing some
thing. Thero uro low large number Of cypress
and Juniper logs Whiting for transportation. Tho
business amounts to bttHeen S7J, coo i S10O Geo
year, and the supply OF timber suwp no egus Of
exhaustion.
Mr. RIoBARD @. WAsuIsoTox died at his roa-
dcnco in Wislin,ton city OH Friday i'll tho sixty
foGrth year Of his nY1. uo c dircc! lcneondant
OF LAwHiSCE WAsnIHu1 ON, tho older brother Of the
father OF GLonEH WAsnISoroN, and was born in
WHstmoroland County, VIZ. lie had betn q rcsi-
dent of that city Tor many years, aud occupied d,
tho timo OF his death, the Eostion Of Chief Clerk
in tho appointment Office Of tho Post 0Gico Do
plrtmont,i and had been connected with that Do
partment for over twenty yeaia.
Washington dispatch Of tho 2Gth states that
the witacssos before tho judiciary Committee YES
tordny, wOro Chief Justice CHASE, Judgo UNDER
WOOD, Attorney -Guneral STASsBEnRY, Hon. AioST-
oo3tEnI DIaIn, JEo. r. Foap, OF baltimore, "
WARDEN, Newspaper correspondent, Colonel WM.
G.:..MoolE, and A. X. LONG, Of tho Presidents
stafE Tho first three Witnesses named wcro exam-
intd upon the fa .ts connected with tho prepara-
tiens fort:Ying JEFFERSON DAVIS, tho roasons why
hSwns not tried, how far the administration was
responsible for the proceedings and for the release
of9fr. DAVIS on bail. @'
A man in Milwaukee has set up now fiotory.
Thb capital invested is small. A board shanty,
large ketile, and fow tools suIice while tho dead
dogs arc bought for tri1o. The animals uro first
skinned. The hides are used chiefly for gloycs
Til, hnir is put i'll mattresses, &c. Tho grease got
:roh boiling tho csrcassea is used for making
soap: Tho gluinous matter is sold to tho gluo-
makers. The bonos are sometimes used for kniis
hyfld dfaaI I,ufkl Jim nj lr;,
sold as deodorizcrs. Tho average profit Oh eacl1
dog IL. said to DO 81 80.
The Now York Rord says "Of tho $27, ,0oO, 900,
theroabous, OF poatal currency, about 81, ,50o,-
OJ0 is in circulation in this city, and of thia amount
IL ie estimated that at least onc-thrd il counter
felt. This counterfeit currency circulntos ns
readily from hand to hand as tho genuine paper,
flrdt Is well executcd-nnd moreover, according to
the, testimony OF notorious coIntcrfeiter, tho
cirnulation is under the especial protection Of tho
police, who arc said to recoiro 10 per cont. Of the
entire isBuo. This, on the half million OF bogus
postal currency in circulation in this city, would
be $3o, ,0oa- which is very handsome black-nlni
bonus for this ein9lo minoc Industry" to pay for
licelse." n
Tpo Island Of Fierro is ono OF The largest OF tho
Cafhry Group, ard it has received its uamo on nc
count OF its iron bound soil, through which no
-, ar streams noT. II has also but yery foH
,.s.l . anu tneso not very good. But tho groat
~ ~ 80 1---i-F-- - al rau.,,;,, ,t.;. ::
convenience in wny 30 extraordinary thhHt HIS nu
Rivya LII this nndoniable demonstration OF his
w0htlorfnl soolncsp. LII tho midst of tho ialand
thcrs grows tree, the lclyes OF which aro Ion.
and narrow, and continue In constant yertlu,o
winter aud summer, and the branches aro covered
with cloud which is mover dispcllcd, but resoly-
ing itself into moisture, causes to fall from its
Ioayes vory clcar wator, in such abundance That
cistcrns placed Ut it's foot 10 receive it aro never
ompty.
Tho las. 'ncws from Peru i1dcatos that .tro
present atlIninislrati cannot hold out long. Rev.
olutionary outbreaks arc occurring In every trcc.
t;on, and PRApo has beon deserted by his former
suPportors Tho country is still without an o1cc-
utive. Tho President refused to accept tho rcsic-
nataen OF tLo Ministry, and Congress has passed
laMpbrohbiting tho President from appointing any
Minister whose conduct has been ccnsured by
them. The yellow ever has broken out at Guaya- |
quiz and Buens yontura. Tho fcoling between
Chii and Poru 10 suoh tina: rupture is only pro-
vented by tho Spanish difficulty OH the ono hand
and informal disturbances on tho other. Captain |
FosrEn, OF the gunboat 0,ceota, had obtained tho
rel:aso OF ths American seamen shipped on tho |
Rdymo, formerly tho n. n. Cuyle,, who lad beon |
forciby detained. |