The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-13
NEWS SUMMARY.


A young man in Troy is building paper. board
shel boat, to weigh less than forty pounds. 1t ii
to be- covered with waterproof chemical prepare
ton invented by him.
A Texas paper graphically describes the grea
mortality among live stock BY saying that tb'
ssbuzzards are now three days behind with th'
eyes,"
Glass engraving is said to be done with solu
ton Huoride Of calcium in hydro chloric acid
without the danger attending the use of fuori'
acid, and equally well.
"a Memphis paper says there are thirty-hvt
squire qqacks'' in that city, who, without medlca
education and having failed in everything else
concluded to be doctors.
Two thousand three hundred and eight tons o.
ice, we're received in Galveston, Texas, in 1855
6s4e tons in 1886; and in 1867, up to the 18th o.
April, 1856 tons.
The amount Of risks assumed by the Cincinnati
Insurance offices; during the first quarter OF 1856
was OO1 ,92s; for the same period in 1867 it was
$4sS7, ,4a2, being an increase Of nearly % per cent
Pouring cold water Oh the face and head destroys
the effect OF narcotic poison. A girl poisoned witt
lhudanum in England, was saved in this way, aftel
M other remedies had failed.
A young lady Of seventeen, in Illinois, hai
achieved local fame by attacking midnight bur
elar with bed slab, and clubbing him from thu
house.
There is to be gathering Of Methodists at San
darsulle, Ga., and the Central Georgian, pub
hahed at that place, calls upon its subscribers u
furnish a thousand chickens for their support
A Port Society has been organized in Galveston
Texas, to establish . Sailors Home Thirty-fouI
thousand three hundred and forty seamen entered
that port last year.
Aresident Of New Albany, Ind, applied for
divorce on the Sd inst, on the ground Of an obsti
nate ana incurable propensity to steal on the part
OF his wife, After long discussion the Justice re-
fused to grant the divorce.
The Chicago Tribune shows the workingmen Of
thst city that their recent demonstrations have re-
sulted in loss Of 100000 to them. This includes
the loss Of wages and the damage done in the re-
cent riot. 20
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal closes
m elaborate editorial on female practitioners OF
medicine with the statement: 'We do not believe
that women are adapted to the study and practice
Of medicine"
The steamer Sarah, which runs between New
Orleans and Mobile, was struck bya tornado Oh
Pascagoula, April 80. She lost her entire cabin
and upper works, and ten persons went over with
them. Eight of these were lost.
The latest fsh story comes from Maine, Ma
chiss paper telling Of the capture in Narraguagus
Bay, after dcsperatetwo honrs' fight, OF lobs-
ter, four feet in length nine feet from the tip OF
ons,claw to the tip OF the other, and whose live
weight was 800 pounds. ca
The Albany; Ga, :Nelaa says so far as we have
abeen sbe to learn, the planters have had excellent
luck IN getting stand Of cotton this year. They
are now busily engaged In plowing and choppng
It out. Hno misfortune befall the present CROP
twill be one OF the best in years.
A London newspaper says that Mormonism is IL
. very fourishing condition in Remington, and
that tile Saints are rapidly increasing in numbers
and influence. They give concerts and conuersa
otones In aid Of the Salt Lake emigration fund, and
find no difficulty in persuading young men and
women to try their fortunes among the saints Of
the holy city.
The Quitman, Ga, Banner speaks very favors-
bly, Of the growing crops in it's section, but adds
While we are panied to record the fact that a
number Of, our most extensive planters are neg
isctipR The cultivation Of corn, the country will be
pp.6Sssd 70 bainsormed, that, as general thing,
mort prosperous and thrifty farmers are de-
voting every energy for securing vel-flled corn
cribs and smoke-houses. =
sxrn BRoTHxas, Of Providence, have patented
prooess whereby kerosene oil is burned fromlgss
pipes, the burners being fed from reservoir It
Is 60 arranged as to be self-feeding-th burners
being supplied by the action Of burning. The
weight Of the atmosphere holds the oil in the
pipes. There is not the least danger from over
fow, nor from explosion. A circular, giving de-
scription, may be seen at the Mechanics rE1-
change.
~ The Boston correspondent Of the Eoening Post
.says that the sentiment infayor Of sbolishing the
practice Of whipping children in the public schools
has received q new. impulse from case OF cruel
hpumshnent which has just occurred in the Dwight
School. A young boy was whipped nearly half an
hour, until his clothes were cut ss If by knife,
and until his tescher's strength was exhausted.
The teacher resigned and fled, but constable is
after him.
In nthe course of recent excavations at PompeI the
vorkmen discovered bronze vase, hermetically
closed, and enyeoped in thick crystalized crust.
The interior Of the vessel was found to contain
considerable quantity OF water. Some persons
present ventured to drink some Of the liquid, and
an agreed in pronouncing it clear, fresh, and OF
remarkable softness The water in question must
have been preserved for nearly one thousand
eight hundred years.
A Texss paper tells Of young couple who
sloped on horseback accompanied by clergy
man. who was to marry them. The lady's father
gave chase, and was oyertaking the party, when
The maiden called ont to the clerical hiend "Can't
Won marry us as We run3" The idea took, and he
commenced the ritual, and just as the brides
fsther cutehed her bride rein, the clergyman pro-
nounced the lovers man and wife. The father was
80 pleased with the dashing action that he gave
them his blessing.
The Day, the new London daily, does not think
highly Of the present state Of the fine arts in Eng
land. II saws: ssWe have no painter worthy to
oompete with the men Of France and Belgium; no
sculptor at all; no musician worthy OF the name
England has no high class poet; her novelists,
when they do not initiate the French, are tame,
and her playrights when they do. We are beaten
o. the turf by France, on the waters by America,
and in learning by Germany. We cannot cook
We cannot talk, and as for our thinking-bahl J.
Lodgings we're furnished in Boston Police Sta
tion Thursday evening to travelling tinker, who
stated that he was Frenchman by birth, and
csme to this country in 1898, when he was Is years
old, and consequently was SO years Of age. His
appearance and story agree. He was minus one
loot, and carried his pack Of tools on his back.
ua vse trayelIino tn portannoth contin11ad IN his