The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-21
Yhg laiilln News.
NEWS SUMMARY.


Gold closed in New York on Saturday at l4Ss.
Cotton closed in New York on Saturday at 1sac. |
for midding uplands. |
Cotton closed in Liverpool on Saturday at $50.
for middling uplands Sales 10000 bales.
"A single hotel at Saratoga took s7SO,OOO this
season in receipts from boarders. /
Competition has placed the fare from New York
to Albany, $50 miles, at fifty cents.
Rev Mr.. Simpson, of Exeter, England, is OIL
trial for habitual drunkenness in church.
in the play of ''Msrie Antoinette' histof'
wears seven dresses, worth, in all, s5Voo.
The Goyernsr of Ohio has not the veto power.
So the new Legislature is independent OF HIM. i
1t reported that Gen. Sherman is writing
boo,, on the war to he published posthumously.
The passamaauodly Indians OF Maine, have
ohosen pearpole Sabettus as delegate to the hegis-
lature.
There is talk OF game Of chess to be played
by means Of .he Atlantic cable, by players in New
York and London.
An eccentric recently died in England, who.
although in perfectly good health, had not risen
from his bed for forty-nlne years.
Belle Boyd is now said to be meeting with sue
cess as tagedienne. She has played engage
ments in Leayenworth, Memphis and NashVlie'
Senator Frefnghuysen, in late speech DC
clared this generation ought never to attempt 10
pay dollar of the principal CT the public debt.
The new California process Of extracting gold
and silver will increase the demand tor salt;
Two hundred pounds of salt is used for each ton
ofore. (
The yellow fever in New Orleans has enpari
tcularly severe on the editors Of that city, having
attacked fourteen Of them. Only one died, how
ever.
The Csmanche Indians in New Mexico recent
ly attacked and killed quite number of Navajo
Indians, for trespassing on ground claimed py
them. f.4t:.
A convention of the Christian churches OF
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia will be held IN
Pittsburg from the 22d to the oath OF this month
inclusive.
The Yale students are going to revive their
old Thanksgiving jubilee this Fall, and make 1t a
nnblic and respectable affair, to which ladies' VILE
be admitted.
"A good vein of coal, three feet zen inches,
thick. and one hundred and twenty feet below the
surfsce. has been found in Paris township, Por-
tage county, Ohio.
Mr.. Seward is still at Auburn. He has no in
expresses his opinion that New York iS certain to
20 for the Democrats next month.
England ard Ireland during the first eight
months Of 1857, sent abroad 7s9 176 406 yards OF
cotton piece goods, or more than million miles,
thus giving the world something to wear -
"A canary bird ut Troy, New York, having es-
csped from its cage lately, cat, which was very
fond Of listening to the birds song, caught 1t ana
brought it safely to its MISTRESS before she knew
of the escape. 80. ~ -.
Electors we're chosen in the State of Vera Cruz
favorable to Diaz There is but little doubt, how
ever that Juarez will prove 20 be tas successrni
competitor for the position. dis organ, the Con-
stitutiunsi, proposes Diaz for Yice-President.
"A novel race, in which the pedestrian Griffin
attempted to run FIVE miles while the trotting
horse Captain MCGOWAN trotted ten, took place at
the Mystic Park, Boston, yesterday. The man
ssye out ON the third mile, and the horse leisurely
fnished his trot. .r
Sir Edward Bulwsr Lytton has nearly ready
or the press collection of his miscellaneous writ
inss in three volumes consisting Of critical papers
on Lamb, Gray Goldsmith, Pitt and Fox, Sir Tho
mas Browne, Schiller, and other writer's OF the
present and past century.
under portion Of vicksburg. Some two weeks
sgo the earth cracked in several places, endanger
ing a considerable amount Of property, including
some valuable buildings. There was similar oc-
ourrence at Memphis one or two mouths ago.
The President is taking deep interest 10
financial matters, and considerable portion OF
the annual message viii be devoted to this impor-
tant question. Mr. Johnson, it is we'll under
stood, favors an early resumption Of specie pay
merts and steady contraction OF the currency
to that end
"A prairie fire on the 7th instant, swept into
tho Government stockyard at Fort Ransom, Da-
kotah, and destroyed all the Government hay.
Tas same fire ran into half-breed camp and
hurned ten half breeds to death, and ten more
were SO badly burned that their lives are
despaired OF.
The porgy oil manufacture of Maine is estIna-
ted for 1896 at 81, 900 in value and the guano
at 100000. Altogether, the manufactures for the
present year viii be somewhat less than that OF
last year, but as the oil is selling for only about
has as much as last year, the profits will be seri-
ously less than last season. ..,s..
They do good work at New Bedford. ship
was lately haulsd mp for repairs. s0n removing
the old deck to put down new one the timbers be-
meath we're found covered with the varnish with
which they were coated thirty -four years ago. and
nesriy all the original spikes, made By hanI, were
used in relaying the deck"
1t has Just come to light that Mrs. Lincoln
has, for year past been raising morey on various
articles at q pawnbroker's shop in Chicago. This
institution, which has paid her some $500. now
has two on three Of her dresses one being, it is as
serted the dress which she wore at the time Of the
assassination Of her husband.
The following is from the record Of the New
York postoface for the week ending October Is:
British letters sent 80 S7S received IT, 346 German
letters sent % 500; received 6,694 French letters
sent 1888; received 54sl; Belgian letters sent
42; received no; total sent n O4S; total received
So,24l; total sent and received 1O7. .2Si.
Santa Auna's 8 trial has ended with sentence
OF exile from Mexican territory fox period Of
eight years Elections for President began during
the last week of September The result in the
Ciey of Mexico was an overwhelming defeat OF
Juarez's proposed amendments to the Constitu-
tiou. but a msjority of electors favorable to his
reelection to the Presidency we're elected.
Tho English United Service dagazine considers
it q lucky circumstance that the Abyssinian villa
gers prefer British manufactures for the most
part, because bribery viii thus become profitable
to the nation IS well as easy. 1t suggests also
that a. q means Of buying the influence Of the
priests, good supply Of frankincense should be
taken by the expedition. 1t certainly shows
rapid progress in the art Of war when rankincense
is carried by the soldiers instead of gunpowder.
This idea would have been extremely pleasing to
the members of the recent peace convention.
Nuremberg may fairly claim to be the city
inventors. paper mill was butt here in 1890.
Cannon were cast in 1886. machine for drawing
:.ko orarotiop in 1850 Tn 1Ee0 uon.