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


Cotton closed in Now York at 2sa2slc. for mid
ding upands.
Gold closed at 40I.
Cotton closed in Liverpool al 10. for middliul;
uplands.
submarine volcano has broken ont niuo miles
northwest of tho inland OF Tcrcrira and up latest
dates il had formed al inlet extending lrco miles
east and west nntl was still in action.
A cemetery was lately flooded near Manchester.
England, and tho looso, sandy soil wns so mrcs,
disturbed that several recently inferred collins AMI
their contonts iloutcd away. However, all tho
bodies wcro eventually recovered.
Tho Paris Exposition has declared tho fact that
England has stood still regards mechanical en-
coonco, while olhcr nations Of Europe notably
Franco, Prussia, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland
-havo ma,lo rapid progress.
rho city of Lincoln, tho fuluro carital of Ne
braska, las been located by commissioners II il
about ilfly-nno miles from Omaha and in Lancas-
ter county. ono mile from Salt Basin. Scvcniy-,iyc
thousand acrcs OF Stale lauls lavo been selected
in tho nciShborhool.
loading Madrid banker who went to Romo dur
ing tho centenary, was seized with cholera Oh his
way homo and died. II is HOW found that tho
who'o oil his vast property has been LETT to tho
Pope, and his hoirs openly contend that tho will
was mndo under undue influence, and That thoy
will contest its validity.
DR.. RASKE OF Munich, hns, by recent expert
mcnts, confirmed tho discovery made by AIEIssSEn,
that truo fcrmcntabio sugar exists in tho muscle
which il increased br muscular action (tctanisa-
tion caused by stricnnc clcctrcity); and, fur
ther, that tho liver has ITO effect in causing this
increase, for tho sugar ia proved 10 arisn i'll tic
muscle itself, and not from muscular substance.
Tho mourning candles used in Germany arc
mado by heating nnrafino with tho shells Of tho
Auacandan nut, which contain black resin sou-
bio in pa"afnc. Whilo Tho paraninc is liquid, il
is OF dark brown color, but I'll becoming solid il
is lot blnc... When tho candles matlo of such
colorcd parafIino have very tlin wick, they burn
without giving off any unpleasant odor or vapor
Tho Washington Chronicle discusses tho rcla-
tions OF tho President and Secretary of War. COM
pairing tho latter to CARSoT, and culogzing him MS
tho buwark against treason and treasury plumber
ers. II declares that tho Secretary's removal will
bo notification Of tho law of Congress, and an
announcement OF n tlospotic purpose. II sccms
thoro aro two sides TO every question.
letter from Trieste, in tho IPaRdc7cr, of
Vienna, says the accounts given by travellers COM
ing from Montenegro about the cholera arc fright
full. In district of tho Herzegovina, in poptl-
lation Of thrtytwo Thousand souls, eighteen hun
drod cases haro Appeared. Everybody is flying
from tho contngion, aud tho dead bodies aro left
as a prey to tho dogs
Tho Atlantic Cablo Of 1866, broke fifty miles
from land on tho 20!h of July. Tho fact wan Mt
onco announced in tho English papers, but
wo in America werc not considered strong
enough to bear such intelligence. So wo lind to
wait for the papers to bring tho ncws. We shall
BIO obliged t. wait long time to hear that tho
damage is repaired.
Tho Now York Tribune has tho following llit at
Ex-Governor TEnRY: "Ex-Goyernur Penny, of
South Carolina has published sorics of elaborate
measurements OF the skulls "f the chmpanzcc, the
gorilla, the negro and tho white man. hy which hc
decovers that tho cnfranchisemcut of tile negro is
q grieviouB wrong to tho monkeys and himself
Tho prounditv OF his argument will command The
respect OF tho world but before accepting it's colt
cluBon wo VI )uld like Mr.. Perry to furnish the
exact measurement OF his own head. We want an
absolute standard of comparison. Will Mr.. PERRY
furnish it?"
H. JULES FAyRE, who was to havo defended
BE2RzowsKI but didn't has done nothing lately
to distinguish himself except TO marry his daugl-
ter to tho private secretary OF MAxrMnIAS, youth
rejoicing in tho pootcal name of l,Ur GoMIz DE
SAANEpRA. 1t is difficult to imagine what benefit
could accrue to tho family OF tho famous deputy
from connection with the secretary of tho ruined
took place merely because tho Gdaccs were in love
with each other. But such nm oyent is 30 rare in
Franco TAT least among good familics), That the
suppoBiton is almost incredible.
The word "suSar," says tho Scientific american,
is derived from tho Dengalco word shuklsr, which
is still in use in India. The Chinese we're ac-
quanted with tho process OF manufacturing sugar
from cano more than two thousand years ago. but
Europe did not u&o it to any extent prior TO tho
discovery of tho West Indios. Chinese sugar was
used in small quantities in Europe in tho carly
times ns medicine. Although sugar cnne is gen.
orally supposed to be Indigenous to America, it
has never been found growing wild this conti-
nent. II was probably introduced by tho enrly
Portuguese discovcrors. Next to tho British, tho
people of the United States uso more sugar than
any othor nation in tho world.
Vera Cruz correspondence, dated July 1G, states |
TINT among tho Americans resident in that city !
great disafIection expressed at tho action OF
Secretary SEWARD in appointing OrrEnpoUna
whose commission Minister it was runored |
had arrived by the cutler Wilderness. It was |
stated that his anteccdonts wero all in favor of |
tho reactionary party, and, on attempting at ono
timo to effect MI agreement between DAzAINE and |
PoRF1nIo DIAz for tho surrender of Mexico city, |
tho latter refused to have anything 10 do with |
tho mnttcr on account of OrTERRoURas connec-
tion therowth. About ono thousand Austrians |
in tho country, u1ablo, for want of means to
get back to Europe.
Two weeks ago the minister of ono of the churches
at Hazleworh, Columbia County, Now York, learn
ing TINT his daughter WAS keeping company with
young man he did not like, inflicted upon tho
girl soyoro chastisement with birch rod, badly
bruisng md discoloring her flesh. Tho next Sun-
day tho preacher, oh rotirinR from the church,
ascertained that sho had g0he to neshbors
house. Ho wont to find her, and wa, mot by the
young man who exhibited to him q marriage ccr-
tiHcate. Tho young couple Ind boen married
while ho was in the pulpit. Tho son-in-law coolly
announced that ns tho young woman was under
his protection ho should not allow my further usc
Of birch whips upon her person, and then bado him
good day.
An earthquake and volcanic disturbance, similar
to those ut Santorin haro occurred in tho two
islands Of Tercera and Gracoza of tho Port,I-
gucao coast. On the night of tho 1st OF Juno q
volcano rose from tho sea, about ninu miles north
OF scnat md has since beon in state OF great
activity. It has thrown up enormous masses of
stone and lava, and has formed now island which
is likely to DO dangerous to navigation. Sulphur
and other vapor arc cnittod in largo quantity.
Tho bonts havo not boon ablo to approach tho new
deposit, because of it's ncandesconce md tho dan
gerous character OF tho volcanic cmnnations. M.
n D-tyrr hoo ul.n {t,o