The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-30
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NEWS SUM MARY

last week.
There are fifty miles of police telegraph in New
York-twenty -four in Brooklyn.
new style Of bonnet has made its appearance
In Paris. 1t is twine with diamond set in the
top. -
Earl RusssIL's son, now travelling in this
country, is the smallest man in the House Oh oom-
mons.
1t is said that domestic affairs are imploVlns ~
Chicago, ths marriages are becoming aini0''
numerous as divorces.
At a recent wedding in Scranton, Pa, the Drioe
received ten thousand dollars worm VI pios'n'''
Good place to get married.
The Santa Fe trade over the plains has become
very large. The amount paid for freighting on
that route last year is estimated at $4,000, ,0OO.
An enterprising firm in Philadelphia has con-
structed private telegraph line to New York, for
the especial accommodation OF a few large business
establishments in that city.
Chicagoan refused to pay $500 for pair Of
horses because they did not suit him, but after
wards paid $4,000 for them at horse fair, not
knowing that they were the same.
1t is estimated that one-tenth of tho entire num-
bar of prisoners aud soldiers at the Dry Tortugas
have died Of yellow fever, and the plague has now
assumed more malignant form.
The BAYTH AHABAH Synagogue on Eleventh
street, between Marshall and Clay Streets RICH
nlond, having been enlarged, repainted, etc., was
rsconsecrated on Friday evening. The Rev. J.
WEcHsIER, the new minister, preached his inaugu-
ration sermon.
The papers of the MEXICAN Capital announce
that the Minister Of Brazil offered to the French
g 1ata mir m folya
them into the Brazilian service, with their respec-
tive grades, and that they have accepted. Steam
trs are ready to take them to Rio de Janeiro.
LIE louisiana tells US that in the Parish of st.
James, tract Of levee and batture two arper-s
long by half an arpent in width, in front OF the
dwelling of Madame DosslT, lying between the
plantations of Messrs. SHEPHERD and DRunHET,
has fallen in, and that the high road itself has
sunk below the level.
The French Government, says the Laberte, has
Just ordered eight hundred thousand waist belts,
each haviR attached to it small medicine box.
The latter will contain whatever is necessary 20
give, in rough way, first dressing to wound,
or to stop dy~ontery. The whole will cost about
100000 francs.
There is news to-day from Captain HALL, the
Arctic explorer. At last advices he was at Repulse
Bay. year ago last winter he made journey to
Pella Bay, about one hundred and eighty miles
north. Next spring, in company with six white
men who have joined him from the whaling fleet,
he intends to proceed to King Williams Land, and
will return home, if possible, in 1865
Thread spinning is now conducted to an extent
which is most astonishing. A single pound Of
wool 81 Norwich, England, has been spun into 3d.
200 yards, or over twenty-five miles OF thread.
Hand-spinning, however, has beaten this, for it is
announced that sixty years ago Miss IVES, at
spsulding, England, spun 6S,00o yards, or Sss
miles Of thread, from single pound CT wool.
Haloxhn is the name Of a new species Of blasting
powder, which rather cleaves than crushes, valu-
able property if used in coal mines. 1t will neither
ignite spontaneously by friction nor by percus-
sion, and its explosion gives rise neither to delete
rious gases nor smoke. 1t is twice as bulky as
gunpowder, but it is one-haf more powerful and
is composed Of sawdust nine parts, charcoal three
to five parts, and nitre forty-iye parts.
The Inquirer at Gonzales, TEXAS, says an old
freedman told his old master that his sable high
ness was getting too feeble 10 work. and wanted to
be elected County Judge. But, said his smploy
er, 'tyou must know the law Of the land before You
can act as Judge, and you can neither read nor
write." ''oh, well, dat makes no difference, Mass
J., wants de Office, and den wants you for my
clerk. You can do all the writing"
The Galveston Nescs says: 4ss'WiSh resnS TO the
extent Of the coil on crop, Il is ought it VIII be
very materially ourtailsd for the want OF labor to
pick it out. The rsgissafon Of the negroes has,
put the finishing touch TO the decentralization OF
the race as abcrers in thia country, and even this
seasons cotton will be, much of 1t, allowed TO rot
on the stalk or beat to the ground for Sse aek Of
the aborer to get it out who planted the seed and
cultivated the plant"
The iron mines Of Marquette, on Lake Superior
yield mora heavily every year. The product for
1866 amounted to nearly 100000 tons, although
scarcely ten years have elapsed since ore was first
shipped from that region. The iron is thrown
down from the sides of cliff By blasts OF powder,
and sent into Marquette by rail cars, which move
down to the waters side with little sssisnce rom
steam power. The depth Of the beds hs never
been measured, as inexhaustible supplies ale CO
the surface
The expectation Of grain; chiefly from Hungary,
continues enormous and the railroad companies
cannot furnish one-half the transport required, al
though they have borrowed many hundreds Of
wagons from their neighbors and are construct
ing others as expedidously as ley can. Ths ex-
portation OF cattle, which used formerly to be con-
siderable, has suffered great deal from the prava
lsnce Of the rinderpest, which still RACES in seven
counties and districts in Hungary, in some parts
Of Galtcia, and even at two places in Lower Aus
tria.
The Natehitochss Times, speaking Of the coolies
lately imported from Cuba, says they are sorry
substitute for our. former negro slaves. At first
blush their insficiency was attributed to change
of climate, and the vsnt Of familiarity with our
agriculture instrumentsand mannerof cultivation.
The fact is become final and undeniable that they
are incapable Of cultivating the soil protaby, and
are not to be relied on in making crop. They
are lazy, mutinous, obstinate and thievish- Suoh
is the verdict Of the planters who have employed
Chinese coolies in Louisiana.
The New York World says ''Ths latest sensa-
lion at Barnum's Museum is live gorilla, cap
tured in the wilds Of Africa, five feet and half
high, and costing 5000. The animal arrived on
Tuesday, and great difficulty was experienced in |
It from Che cage in which it had made
the voyage to the permanent cage in the Museum
During, the operation. the goriIs displayed its
great muscular strength by bending double huge
wrought iron bar an insh anu thres-quarters
thick. It has face and eyes like a human being,
and itshandis as delicate asthat OF a woman. It
is now secure inits'eags. and held by an immense
chain. Fhis is the only specimen of the gorilla
now on exhibition in this country.
St. Paul, Minnesota, is soon to be connected by
an unbroken line Of railway with the lake cities
and the East This Will be effe tied by an e1ten-
sion Of the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chem Rail
way from McGregor, opposite Prairie du Chem, on
the Iowa side of the river, west to point inter-
secting the Minnesota Central Railroad, which
rurs in nearly north and south line from st.
Psul. The Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway will
soon complete similar extension west of La
Crosse, intersecting with the same road, which
runs through the best and most productive wheat