The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-02
The 1ai1g NemsY
NEWS SUMMARY.

A lobster was recently caught ct Jonesport, he.,
measuring thrcO feet fvo inches in lopgth nnu
ninetoen aud q half inclios around tho body, and
weighing twenty y-soron pounds. Tho largest CLAN
weighed eight pounds fourtcon ounces.
On Saturday ncxt tho editors and compositors
OF tho Cleveland Herald and Leader arc to play
match game OF base ball. Tho challenge omanntcd
from tho attaches OF the leader. Tho two 'nincs'
sro to bo composed entirely Of those who know
nothing about tho Eamc.
Tho Registrar-Gonorxl Of Ireland records tho
death nt MaghorafclL OF man ngcd oighty-fivo
yeRrs. IIe had an immense pendulous tumor
growing from tho sido OF his neck. which was
computed by soyoral medical mon who saw it to
woigh from thirty to fifty pounds. II was Of forty
ycars' growth and lay over tho front OF tho right
side OF tho chest and arms
YIoroR HU1os "dovil fish" is no myth, as this
itcm from an Italian papcr shows: "a few days
back person bathing bctwecn Cornigliano and
Sostr, i'll tho Gulf OF Genoa, was soized by largo
poypus, and the creature 80 intorlaccd lis numor-
ous tcntaclcs round him that he was unable, in
spite Of oil his efforts, TO FREQ himsolf, and was
dragged untler water and was drowned. Mono Of
tho other bathcrs vonturcd to 20 to his assist
nnco.'
Tho increase OF coast steam limos 10 adding much
to the buaine 'of San Francisco. Wo SEQ By tho
ships loft for: agon, Monterey, Victoria and San
Pedro, and tbs! another limo uas established for
Pon,aleH, Nllilo tho hsiatio limo MAS in operation
and tho eet OF sailing vcrses along tho coast las
grcntly increased. Not less than fifty new ycssols
Of from fifty to tuo hundred tons burden, have
been built aiung tho coast during tho year, and oil
find abundance to do.
Tho Northern papers contain account OF tho
recent I'M .ryiow botweon tho President nud John
81. Langston, colored lawyer from Ohio, wherein
it IN tiut tho p-esidorL I-ang
atom and tendorcd him tho commissionership Of
tho Frocdmon's Bureau. This is n mistake. Lang
aton sought tho interview and applied for tho po-
sition, and WHOM Informed that thcro was no VA
cancy, and no probability Of ono very soon, ho
asked for tho appointment OF min istor resident at
Hayti. TO this tho President mado similnr re-
sponsp and thus tho interyow terminated.
A letter from Paris states that nj. ALEXANDER
DUHAs is engaged on now novel, tho scono Of
which is laid in hmorica, tho time boing that of
tho civil war. II is understood that many OF tho
details nnd incidents have been furnished by tho
eccentric equestrionhc, ADAu IslAcs MENKxN HEE-
MAN. or whatever else tho lady's namo may be.
Hiss MESkEN is not without literary proclivitics-
OF certain ordor-nnd iy reported to hayo kopt
Journal, IN which arc amassed many remarkable
occurrences, which arc to DO "workcd up" in tho
now romance after NJ. DUMAS own incompatible
manner.
Tho Board OF Brokers of New York city l,avc nm
apparatus in their building for yentlntug and
cooling tho room in which tho gold board hold
their daily meetings. Tho room IL ifty-fiyo feot
square and twenty feet in height A fan blower,
rorkod by small steam engine. ia placed in ono
OF tho upper rNoms, aud drawing it's supply from,
tho oxterna! AIR noar tho top of the building,
s--l-
changing tho mir eyory six minutes. During very
hot woathcr tho innowing air ID forced through
chambers packed with ice. In winter heaters aro
substituted for tho ice chambers.
In the Episcopal Diocesan Convention, held in
Chicago last week, resolution was adopted in
structIng tho deputies of tho dioceso in tho noxt
general convention "to procure by general COM
mon law, with suitable qualifications, prohibition
OF the use Of tho marriage sorvico OF Tho church in
cascs whore other party contemplating marriage
shall have boen previously divorced by tho civil
law, on grounds othor than that OF Auditory,
The deputies arc also instructed to procure rule
OF duty to DO followed by corgymeu, whose SER
vices arc thus applied for in aecertanine the fncts
bearing on such prohibition.
How to get rich-ntick to your business There
is = man in Now York city who has n ohickon-stal
Rt ono OF tho markets. Ho is now reported to bo
worth two millions OF dollars. Iio lves in q largo
broun-stono palace Br oklyn Helghts, tho furnf-
turo for which cost $120, 600. He attends to the
Aao OF his own chickens, taking breakfast at
homo, but coming over to tho market oyery morn.
Ing betwesn tho hours Of four and fvo o'clock.
He can bs accn every day, standing behind .
marble counter, with white apron on. III tho
afternoon ho drives out with his wife and family.
or a fcw frionda, in an elegant carriage.
II liz ronOrtei by tho cah1a d;eDat,b hat A..
Spanish insurgents havo taken possession Of sara-
gossa, tho capital OF tho rich province OF tho for
mer Kingdom OF Arragon, md 40 famous in tho
wars OF Goths and hloors, vol OF tho Fronch
with SPAIN General PRIn, who madc an unsuc-
cessful attempt at revolution about a year and a
half ago, and was driyon from tho country, is tho
leader OF tho prosont movement, which, IL tho ro-
ported capture Of Saragossa be true, is Of for
midable character. It's SUCCESS would involve |
change OF ministry, and triumph OF those libc- |
raj ideas in the Government, OF which Gcncral |
PAIM is tho acknowledged exponent
The President under date Of the 20th August. |
directed that Peninsula Island in tho Bay Of San |
Francisco, California, be reserved for military pur
poses. Tho island lies just wost of Angel Island.
and Is reported As having an important bearing |
on the defonce Of Raccoon Strait, tho harbor and |
Bay OF San Francisco. On the same dato the Presi-
don't drected That reservation for military pur-
posos bo made at Camp Goodwin, in Arizona Ter |
ritory This reservation is atuatod in tho north |
Western part OF Pima County, on tho Ga River.
embracing an area OF thirtysix square miles, or |
Abont 23,0i Acres. Commissioners WILSON, of tb, |
General Land Onco, has just issued tho necessary
instructions to the Surveyors General Of Califor-
MIA and Arizona, at San Francisco, to cause the |
foregoing reservations TO be respected.
Thoro is a serious difficulty existing boLveen /
the Pope and tho Czar in regard to the restric-
tions imposed upon Catholics in Russia Bot tho |
Popo and tho Car insist on maintaining thoi re- |
npecliye prorogatives, and Mother of thern will |
yield to the other. Tho Gear, however, being alb. |
soute in his own dominons. is master Of tho situ
alton Taking into consideration the fact that
Catholics must ut all times Gnd it necessary to |
communicate with thnir spiritual chief, the Czur
has consented to ALLOW thom TO write whntoyor
they may think proper; but only on condition
that all such communications shall fret bo sub |
mittod TO the inspection OF tho Russian Minister
ofthe Interior who il clothed with authority to
pass them, or to return them to tho writora with
his veto. This is putting tho Catholics in Russia
under systom Of espionage, against which the
Pope thus far has unayailingly protested.
class Of "Cadot Engineers" is soon TO DO FORM
cd at the Naval Academy for tho coming school
Jesr. Applicants should bs botwoen oighteen and
twenty-five years OF ago, and must DO prepared to
pass competitive examination. tho result Of
which will determine which OF tho candidates will
receive tho appointment. Tho candidates will bc