The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-08
The' 1ailg geps.
NEWS SUMMARY.


Middling Uplands.
Cotton closed in Liverpool unchanged; Uplands
SID.
Real estate has doubled in value at Nantucket
ON account of the recent success Of the fisheries.
They have giant IN Missouri who is seven
feet seven and half inches high. He ser7ed III
theeopfederate army.
-Pekin, China, has discovered petroieun'
bearing region three hundred miles square Near
by, and proposes to have the oil fever
A German paper tells of one Christian seSl-
maver. who ia father to ffty-eight children, and
remarks, "the man has never been'slck
A Nav York florist laments $500 worth OF
Aovsrs which an admirer threw at he feet-or az
kles--ot Black Crook beauties, but never paid fol-.
Prussia is swallowing all the small German
States. Ratzeburg, situated In the middle OF q
lake, with 1900 inhabitants, has asked for deguti-
ton.
There is dog in London twenty-six year, old,
of tho Newfoundland breed. His black coat has
been turning gray for the past two years, and is
now nearly white.
-Eorney talks about the President as the ser-
want who wastes the public property at Washing
ton. How about the senatorial penknives and
shears, you treasury leecnf
The public teachers Of Prussia have addressed
10 their Government a petition asking for re-
form in the organization of primary instruction,
and requesting larger income.
Some ingenious Jerseymen have been caught
aoating innocently up and down the Delaware In
canal boat, and distilling moasses whiskey IN Sc
curty from molesting revenue officers.
-Farragut went to the fair at Njni-Novgorod
and was there dineo. After dinner there were
speeches, in which ever so raany points OF SINH
Iarity were found between Russia and America
"A man in Hendricks County, Indiana, named
James Adams, ate thir.y-two peaches, couple OF
muskmelons, and one raw sweet potato, and drank
two gallons Of buttermilk he leaves widow.
Fully organized Congrsgationalism is but fif-
teen years old in Ohio, yet there are now ninety
four churches with acting pastors, thirty-three
with pastors, sixteen vacant, and twelve uncon-
nected.
The great objection to smart children is that
when they commence having whislers they leave
of having brains. BY forcing children you get SC
much into their heads that they become cracked
in order to hold it.
"A silver mine has been discovered in the farm
of Mr.. John j. Larew, ten miles southwest oi
Staunton, Va. Surface specimens OF the ore have
been analyzed, which are said to be very rich and
to promise fine yield upon going deeper.
"A diamond in the rough state was found at
Camden, Mississippi, during the War, but at the
time was considered of no value. Since then it has
been examined, and in the opinion Of intelligent
men it is worth OOO 1t is in the possession OF
DR.. Tom Cotton, of Camden.
hot hall o.
cence exceeds sn belief GA few years ago he
said to friend: You ar aware that gave
noces to NJ. Alexander Dumas to write my me
moirs from. Would you believe that he has added
to them number of things Of his own inventionf"
The Dubuque CIowa) Times says 1--WE have
here an une1plored mining field nearly seventy
miles square, which has been merely scratched on
the surface Of few points, and over s5u,0OO, 600
value Of lead has been raised. The -'nder is that
our lead region does not attract greater attention
from the mining adventurer.
Greeley has written to friend in England, a
note explanatory Of his Inconsistency in opposing
female suffrage. He sapiently says that he gives
the negro vote because he wants it, aud denies
thinks female suffrage would lead to quarelsin
families. Peaceful Horacel
The Rockingham Register says emigfants from
the more desirable class Of Northern society are
focking oil through the Valley. AL express them
selves as delighted, and many OF them have de-
termined to locate among US. We welcome all
who come to contribute their means and energy to
the expansion and development Of our natural re-
sources.
"A sailing carriage, designed for crossing the
plains, has been made in st. Louis. It's wheels
are ten feet high; it has two upright jib sails, and
sail on each spoke OF the two wheels on one side
Of the wagon. The steering gear acts on the
forward wheels. The body is shaped like boat
and hung low, and will be used as boat in cross
ing streams
From the Winston N. c., Sentinel We learn that
the fruittrade has about closed IN that section. In
Winston and Salem together, it amounted to near
ly $4,000. The shipments Of one house in Salem
amounted to $39 900. It is estimated that the en-
tire shipments Of Forsythe County will amount to
100000. This immense revenue to the country
is produced almost exclusively by women and
children.
"A letter from Niagara, in the New York Ga
zette, gives the following proof that all the fash
ionable exquisites have not left the Falls. While
on Goat Island an elaborately dressed woman,
looking at the Horse Shoe Fan, seemed to have no
ere for any thing bnt the delicate green OF the
tumbling water. "What delicate shads !" she
said. "How becoming it would be to Light
blonde, Like me, Emma" (doubtless her oompan-
ion). "When return to New York, intend to
have dress just Like it. Isn't it sweet, Emma
think it will be splendid"
General Wilcox, st Lynohburg, received tel
egram from Marion, Smythe County, few days
ago, stating that IN officer, lately arrived from
New Orleans, lad been attacked with yellow fever.
The resident physician, under contract to practice
on the sick Of the garrison at Marion, had refused
to attend the patient. General Wilcox applied to
DR.. NJ. P. Christian, Of Lynchburg, who has had
experience Of the yellow fever, while attached to
the navy, and the Doctor accordingly left for
Marion. The patient, who was First Lieutenant
Clifford Strickney, Of the Twentieth United States
Infantry, Regular Army, died.
"A very ingenious piece Of mechanism for the
detection and extraction Of bullets in wounds has
been devised b. EIr. Sylvan de Wilde. The probe,
consisting Of two steel wires insulated from each
other, is connected with an electric horseshoe
magnet and bell, and when introduced into
wound it touches the bullet the circle is COM
pleted, and the bell rings. The forceps act on the
same principle, end are intended, first to detect,
then to seize the bullet. They have curved points,
1nd not panets or spoons. The points Of the
probe are kept sheathed on introduction to
wound, and not uncovered until tho supposed bull
let is felt. This is effected by means OF sliding
tube. Mr. De Wilde's probe is sensitive artif-
oial finger, which enters deeply into the tissues,
and gives the signal at once when it detects the
hidden source of mischief below.
An Eastern army is populous affair. That
detailed for the invasion OF Abyssinia is made up
Of Il, 900 troops, chiefly Punjaubees, and proper
ton Of cavalry. With these there will 80 the
enormous number Of q, 900 camp followers. The
artillery is to be four field pieces and one noun