The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed in New York at Csc. for NIiddlin
Uplands. Gold closed at sci. ''

M Ayoung man in Troy ia building papor-board
shen boat, to weigh less tan forty pounds. It is
to BIO covered witha waterproof Ghomical prcpara-
tton invented by him.
Te1ns paper graphically describes tho groat
mortality among live stock by saying that tho
s'buasards arc now thrco days bohind with tho
eyes.7';
Glass engraving is said to bo done with solu-
tion fuoride or calcium in hydro-oh]orio acd,
without tho danger attending tho uso OF fuorio
acid, and equally well. -
Memphis paper says thoro arc thirty.avo
:tpure quAcks" in that city, who, without medical
education and having failed In everything else,
concluded to bo DOCTORS. .'
Two thousand three hundred and eight tons Of
Ice we're received in Galveston, Toxas, in 1855;
bs4s' tons in 1886; and in 1857 up to tho 18th Of
i, April, 1856 tons. !, .', ,,r--,
ftCThe amount Of risks assumed by the Cincinnati
Insurance oflcos during the frat quarter Of 1885,
$s8 COL 800 for tho same period in 1867 it was
SIC, 482 being an increase Of nearly % per cont
Pouring cold wnter OF tho faco and head destroys
q the effect Of narcotic poison. girl poisoned with
laudanum in England, was saved in this way, aftor
all other remedies had failed. i
rig, A young lady of seventeen, in Illinois, hns
achieved local fane by attaclting midnight bur-
Rlar with bed slab, and clubbing him from tho
house. s.
There is to be gathering Of Mothodata at San
derayillo, Ga, aud tho Central Georgian pub
uahed ut that place. calls upon its subscribers 10
furnish thousand chickens for their support.
A Port Society has been organized in GalYeston
Texas, to establish Sailors Homo. Thirty-four
Thousand throe hundred and forty seamon entered
that port last year.
resident Of Now Albany, Ind, applied for o
divorce on tho Sd ins., on tho ground Of obsti-
b.
OF his wife, After q long discussion tho Justice TO
fused to grant the divorce.
Tho Chicago tribune shows tho workingmon OF
that city that their recent demonstrations hayo rc
suited in loss OF 500 900 to thom This includes
tho loss Of wages and tho damage dono in tho re-
cent rict ...ii
Tho Boston Medical and Surgical Journal closes
nm elaborate editorial ON female practitioners Of
medicine with tho statement: s'Wc do not believe
that women arc adapted to tho study and practice
OF medicine"
The steamer Sarah, which runs between Nov
Orleans and Mobile, was struck by a tornado OF
Pascagoula, April 80. Sho lost her entiro cabin
and upper works, and ton persons went over with
them. Eight OF these woro lost.
~ The latest fish Htory comes from Maine, kIa-
chias paper telling OF tho capture in nNarraguagus
Bay, aftor o sperato two hours fight, OF lobs-
ter, four foot in length, nine feet from tho tip Of
one claw to the tip Of the other, and whose 1.-Two
weight was 800 pounds. ,.
The Albany, Ga, Ne,cs says SO far aa we have
been ablo to learn tho planters havo had excellent
luck In getting stand Of cotton this year. They
are now busy engaged in plowing and chopping
It out II no misfortune befall the present crop,
It will be ono Of tho best in years.
A London newspaper says TINT Mormonism is in
Q very aourishing condition In bennington, and
that the Sainta arc rapidly increasing in numbers
and influence. They give concerts and conuersd.
cfoes in aid OF The salt Lake emigration fund and
find no difficulty in persuhding young mon and
women to try their fortunes among tho saints Of
q the holy city.f&;i ".t"u.i.t! ~ ,,lsIF '.n
The ouitman, Ga, Banner spcaks very favors-
:,by Of tho growing crops in it's section, but adds
'nsWhiie We arc panied to record the fact that a
number Of our most extensive planters arb neg
lecting the cultivation Of corn the country will be
! pleased to be informed, that, as general thing,
the most prosperous and thrifty farmers are de-
voting every energy for securing well-flled corn
cribs and smoke-houHes. .,r!.
Smith BRorHEns, Of Providence have patented q
process whereby kerosene oil is burned from gas
pipes, tho burners being fed from reservoir. It
is 30 arranged as to be selEfeeding- g-tho burners
being supplied by the action Of burning. The
, weight of the atmosphere holds tho oil in tho
pipes. There is not the lesst danger homoyer-
aow,s MOI, from explosion: IA circular, giving de-
seription, may ;be aeen ct the Mechanics E1-
Fohange,i ~.
The Boston correspondent Of tho Roenina Pos.
ssys that Tho sentiment in favor OF abolishing tile
practice Of whipping children in tho public schools
has received q new impulse from case OF cruel
punishment which has just occurred in the Dwight
School "A young boy, WAS whipped nearly hAN an
hour, until his clothes were out as II by knifo,
and until his teachere strength. was. exhausted.
The teacher resigned and fed, but q constable is
after him. .-".; q, ,,,a..',. ,,.f II; laib
,wqrkman;, discovered Q bronze vase, Theoretically
closed, and enveloped In thick crystallized crust
The interior OF the vessel was found to contain q
considerable quantity of water. some persons
present ventured to drink Bome Of The liquid. and
all agreed in pronouncing It clear, fresh, and OF
4 remarkable softness. Tho water in question must
have been preserved for nearly one thousand
eight hundred years. - " ~!
8. "A Texas paper, tolls Of young couple iwho
eloped on horseback, accompanied by O clergy
man, who Was to marry them. Tho lady'a father
gave chase; and was oyertaking tho party, whom
the maiden called out to the clerical friend: "Csnt
you marry We run 2" Tho idea took, and he
oomIHenced the ritual, and Just as the BRIDES
father clutahed her bride rein, the clergyman pro-
nounced the lovers man and wife. The father WAS
20 pleased with the dashing action that he gave
them his blossing! @5ta 5.t
Tho Day, the new London daily, does not think
highly OF the present state Of tho no arts In Eng
land. II snys "We have no painter worthy to
compete with the mon Of France and Belgium; no
sculptor at all; no, musician worthy Of tho namo
England has no high class poet; her noyellsts
when they do not initiate Tho French, are tame
and her playri8hts when they do. Wo are beaten
or The turf by France, On the wators by America,
and In learning by Germany. We cannot COOK
we cannot talk, and as for our thinking-beh - :
Lodgings were furnished In o Boston Pollce Sta
tion Thursday evening to travelling tinker. who
stated that no WAS Frenchman by birth, and
came to this couutry In 1893, whom no was as years
old, and consequently was % years Of ago. His
appearance and story agree. Ho was minus ono
foot, and carried his pack Of tools on his back.
He was travelling TO Portsmouth, continued on his,
way Friday morning; but, Il DO inends ali the old
tinas-e on thg route, he VIII hardly get that city
beSote the 4th 81 July, .sg%; ~ :,I,.;i t,ti -
4 The Courier de Rat9on reports some extraordi-
nary Items Of natural history from tho land Of tho
AnArnites. There 10 aioartain ish called Oa-ors;
Lii the language Of The country, which has dsti.l-
guiahed itself to: thai. degree that the King has
bsatowod upon It the proud title Of ..,san hat d4l
bnong. anan,n 2, which, as everybody knows, means
ta(3teaka Goroyal Of The Bouht HoA II at,neara