The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-10
Yhs Daily AeYs.
NEWS SUMMARY.

1Oac. for Middling Uplands-
:; Cotton closed in New York at 263o. for Mid
ding Uplands.
Gold closed at 8sa.
A Scotch paper says that two kittens were
recently found in the stomach Of large cod
FISH, taken at Caithness.
The common school fund of Indiana is great
er than that of any other State, being $1,000
600.
Six million logs are jammed in the Kennebec
River, Maine. Over 25, ,OO0, 900 logs have been
cut on the Maohiss River the past winter.
The negro President of Hayti has arrived in
Paris. He is distinguished by snow white
moustache on black ground.
A New York paper hints that the 'coolest
theatres in the city" are kept SO by putting the
Thermometer on ice.
A case Of hydrophobis occurred at Hobart
Town, the first case ever recorded as happen
ing south of tho equator.
The single article of Cslifornis wheat has
this year paid $3.50, 900 in freight over the
Panama railroad.
Gen. GRANT, with party Of Congressman
and others, is to visit Lookout Mountain the
Latter part of July.
Besides his gold medal, Mr.. c. F. CH1cKrn-
ING gothic decoration of the Legion Of Honor
for his piano. ~ @-sf
The Chicago Journal knows Of one firm in
Southern Illinois which sold, the present sea-
SON in six counties, four hundred and six new
resping machines. .
A Western editor lately married one Of his
compositors, another compositor acting as
bridesmaid, the officiating clergyman being a
retired printer, the local editor giving the
bride away. Exehange-Where was the devil
AT I. printers festival, on FRANKLIN's birth
day, the following was the fifth regular toast (:
s.The editor and the lswyer--the devil is salts
fed with the copy Of the former, but requires
the original! Of the latter" =
The Wheeling Rsgisser, says: colored
"gemmani who does landscapes in white
with bucket and big brush, displays
quite Q pretty sign, not hundred miles from
here: "Professor johnson, Whitewater and
Csrpetshaker."
AIslnT PIKE has performed one great
sohieyement In recent editorial he pro-
dueed = single sentence Of 210words, without
any other stop than afsw commas. 1t is said
that HTxRY;A.; WISE tainted away on reading
B the sentence. stesr ri IN -1a
The latest coinage of the New York Tsi6ans'
Paris correspondent Is that the conduct Of the
Prince Of Wales has caused quite "beshook-
mens,' in English circles. Il has q mongrel
sound, which may make It acceptable to word
missegenationists. -, -
A conductor Of newspaper, speaking Of s
zsonssmpossry, says: saHe was formerly mem
ber Of Congress, but rapidly rose tin he OBJ
tanned 1 respectable position as ON editor-a
noble example Of perseverance, under depress-
IND circumstances"
The auction of the salamanca Picture Gal
lery has begun in Paris. On the first day
Afy-ttwo pictures brought 10000 francs. A
rich Enslishmsn, q descendant Of the circum-
navigator Cook, had already expanded 400, 600
fsaacs ct this auction. j
sBHIIs Born, who acquired . worldwide
reputation during the lats war as the "Confede-
rate heroine, /" and who has been sojourning stt
Hastinsburg, Va, during the past few months,
Vim leave shortly to I'LL number Of engage
meats IN ths theatres Of the Eastern and
Western cities. 81 ~
Il has been computed that, In consequences OF
the reorganization Of the Austrian army, the
Jewish contingent thereto wm be from 10000
% 1000 men. Nevertheless, the Austrian
Ministry has refused to appoint any permanent
Jewish military chaplain, although pstitioned
for this purpose BY influential Jewish bodies.
The Glarksvills Texas Standard says Mr.. EP-
rrasox expects to get q, 900 acres Of land for
the Memphis and 81 Paso Railroad in Marion
and Davis counties. He obtained $1,000 acres
in Lamar. Il reports that the sdvioss from
New York are favorable, provided the lands
srs subscribed. -
vfAs Baton Rougs Advocate, Of the 6th, says; |
A panther seven fest long wss killed lately near |
Vieksburg. One Of the largest and most fsro-
cieus known in Louisisns has been dsprsdating |
In the north part Of Livingston parish for
ssySfslmonths past. This panther has destroy
ID several year old colts, ,ssizing them in the
yastis Of their owners. 50 1a
On sybeila Island the hstehwsy Of the ship
cassos wrecked there hfty years ago) was
found two hundred yards from high-water
mark, with q tree ten inches in diameter
growing through the opening. The inference
9 that the island has been rising out Of water,
.heugh suoh tornsdos as occur in all latitudes
night readily hurl large piece Of ships
leek some distance inland. llzI
Ths King Of Prussia is having an iron clad
built in England which is expected to be the
,nest thing sfoat She is to be three hundred
md sixty-fye feet in length, with width Of
lixty feet, and viii measure about 60O0 tons.
She win, be cased in iron eight inches thick;
EiN have two iron turfets, each to carry two
,ssyy guns, and viii mount twenty guns on
leek, Of the heaviest calibre, protected by
lhislds
The American terms '.iron-clad" and smoni-
orr ere rspidly making their way into Eng
ish technical literature, supplanting the for
lign phrases s'armor plated vessels" and ecu
,sla; ships" Their present position is one Of
1ietery, for the foreigners held to their own
vords Is tenaciously as they hold to the claim
hat Csptsin Coles invented the monitor; as
as they persist in spelling good
roadside iron-clads BY perching turret on
ep of q high deck with protected sides, with
mt, after all, producing monitor.
8. B. BUCKLEY. Esq, writes to the States
qasstte that the iron works in Burnett county
rsxas, are completed, and that smelling has
ommenesd. The company, which is composed
4 citizens Of the county, intend to cast stoves
nd other articles generally needed. The ore