The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-11
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NEWS SUMMARY.
,,..,n ,,o.od in New York drooping at 26c. for

Mlddlng uplands Ssu.
There are DDS, 900 members of the temperance
organizations in Massachusetts,.
Mrs. JULIA DEAN HAyNE is playing Julia, in the
Hunchback, at the Continental Theatre, Boston.
In August about lbs, 600 barrels Of flour came to
Boston by the Western Railroad.
An average Of 500 loads ofdirt per day are being
removed from the streets Of Cincinnati.
Mr. STANTON has gone to st. Abans, VT, to
spend few days with Ex-Governor SMITH.
The Brazilian Parliament proposes to extinsulsh
the national debt By means of lotteries.
Corn sells in Oskalooska, Iowa, at eight cents a
bushel.
A census OF Dubuque gives 21,222 population
and SC, ,101 ,040 valuation.
1t is stated that JOHN B. COUGH has been obliged
to decline four hundred invitations to lecture
during the coming season.
General Tom THUMB has gone in his yacht,
Charles s. SraHon, on fishing excursion of
Long Island.
It is asserted by the Long Branch Press that
there have been nearly 4000O visitors at that Ia
nous watering place this season.
Count HENRY EsrERHAzY, of Hungary, as Just
married the Countess RowR, daughter OF the late
Madame SoNTAo.
Immense herds of buffalo have lately been seen
ON the Upper Missouri The Indians are not far
of.
The Winona and st. Peters railroad is open to
Waseca. one hundred and five miles west OF the
Mississippi river.
The dog show in Paris has been very successful.
Over 600 dogs, representing every variety, have
been on exhibition.
Prof. j. W. MALEET, Professor Of Chemistry in
the medical department c. the University of New
Orleans has been elected to the chair of Chemical
Technology in the University of Virginia.
The farmers in Western Massachusetts, are busy
harvesting their tobacco. They report only about
q two-thirds crop on an average, though some
fields are extra.
The fall book trade sale opened in New York on
Thursday. There was a large attendance and the
bidding was brisk. The catalogue of this sale
embraces over one million Volumes aud the sale
will last nine days.
In consequence of the numerous suits brought
by Northern creditors against insovent merchants
in Richmond, several Of the latter have taken ad-
vantage of the bankrupt act. Forty applications
were fled on Friday with the register.
A body of policemen from New York were detail
ed BY the Superintendent, who is Methodist, to
keep the peace at camp meeting. Many OF
them were converted, and forty Of them neld
prayer meeting on their own account. 8
The Young Mems Christian Association Of Low
ell visited some of the liquor and billiard saloons
on Saturday evening, and were kindly received by
all but one, and allowed to sing and distribute
tracts.
It is stated that there was furious snow storm
ON Mount Washington, New Hampshire, on Thurs
day of last week. Parties ascending were driven
back. The thermometer fell to below the freezing
point, and. ice made on the telegraph poles an
inch thick.
The French Minister OF War officially states that
the recent Salzburg Conference was nothing more
than q meeting Of coincidence over the fate OF
MACMILLAN There was some conversation on
political affairs, but no alhances Oh combinations
were planned.
Farms bordering ON Lake Champlain are being
greatly injured by the grasshoppers. Pasture
lands in some cases look as If 8 fire had swept
over them, destroying every green thing. They
are not as large as in former years. but their num-
bers are countless.
The city of Montreal is undergoing great
change in the way Of public improvements. Like
Paris, immense numbers Of buildings are being
demolished, and the streets widened to make them
beautiful avenues. Among streets undergoing
this change is Notre Dame and Great st. James
Late adyices from the British West Indies re-
port the weather favorable for the crops. The
health Of the Islands and Demerara was gooo,
with the exception Of Jamaica, where yellow fever
had made its appearance on the north side OF the
island-a rare occurrence There had been seve-
raj fires in Demerara One in the business street
destroyed ESQ., 900 worth Of property.
The London Telegraph lately remarked that 'the
bedroom in which he-NAroLEoN I-slept, fresh
from the triumphs Of Marengo, contains the
clock that marked the hours of his captivity at st.
Helena, and the bed on which he died." F. TUs-
sAup sends to correct the mistake. The bedstead
in question was bought from LUcIEN BoNAPARrE,
and is now in the TUssAUD collection.
II ia estimated that A,lAsA SPRAaUE has ex-
pended $780, 900 in fitting up Narragansett Park,
in Providence R. l. The gateway cost $1,000, and
the bridge of granite for the horse railroad to pass
over cost $4,000. 1t comprises eighteen acres Of
land, and in it's dining room, committee rooms,
dressing rooms, pool room and stables, is one Of
the most extensive parks in tho country.
Roman Catholic Chapefras just been conse-
Grated in Headfort, County Galway, Ireland, which
is designated by its builders the "Irish-American
Church of St. Mary" The money for it's erection
Was supplied by Irshmen in tho United States,
and its bell bears the inscription, Presented by
few Irish in America who love their misruled
country"
The London Times has reason to believe that
~ 3ba final
Archbishop Of Canterbury has announced, will
shortly be issued and will be decidedly adverse to
the practices which have been lately brought into
vogue by a section of the Clergy Of the Church Of
England. The majority Of the commissioners
condemn these innovations as illegal or inexpe-
dent, and advise that they should be prohibited.
The Garibaldians, and GARIBALpI himself, have
given up I'll attempts against the Pope-at least
until such time as there shall be some chances Of
success. The Gordon OF troops which the Italian
Government have drawn around the Papal domin-
ions is 80 strong that any attempt at evasion or
invasion will surely fail. We see no chance Of
GAR1BALDI getting into Rome, except in the event
of European war involving France and Italy.
Needles were first made in London by negro
from Spain in the reign Of Queen MARY. He died
without imparting the secret of his art. The art
was recovered in 1865. ELIAS GROVES first taught
the English tc make needles, but the art was
again lost for nearly century, when it was again
recovered by CHRIsTopHER GREENrNe. who settled
at Long Crendon, in Buckinghamshire. Needles
are now chiefly made at Redditoh, in Worcester
shire, Hathersage, in Derbyshire, and in and rear
Birmingham.
The dam Of the West Hartford reservoir, six
miles from the city, which supplies the city with
water, was washed away recently, sweeping over
corn6elds and pasture lands, and bearing every
thing with it. For two miles the fields we're
flooded. The damage to private property is con-
siderable, and the loss to the city will be about
100000 The upper reservoir, two miles above