The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York at 134sa1342.
The Cotton market in New York was easier
Alddling Uplands g..
Cotton closed in Liverpool at an advance Of Id
Middling Uplands I'D. 4y#
The Hebrews in Now York are about to establish
an Insurance Company with very large capital
patriarch in Arkansas, 1O4 years old can shoot
rifle with unfailing accuracy.
The Sultan's eunuchs cost h i'm about 800. 900
piasters month.
The FABER family have been making lead pencils
since 1870. A. f&s
a.1r. roelrnre 1o---ll--.1
Office were the first in Maine to set a Thousand
ems each toward the fund to erect a monumen. to
,ARTEMus WARD. 5s!;s=5
The Durham cheese factory at Montreal last year
turned out 1O1 tons the product Of 900 cows which
was sold at an average of 12a cents per pound The
factory is conducted on the operative nlnnt
It is estimated that the population of Iowa was
swelled at least sixty Thousand by immigration
during 1866. This number viii probably be ex-
reeded during the present year.
W Sheep, in Germany. before being sheared, are
rubbed in vats Of very warm water, with potash.
After ceoling, water is sprinkled them until
The wool is white, and they then kept in clean
and warm shelter until dry enough Tor shearing.
gun weighing 9s, ,915 pounds, with twenty inch
bore, arrived in Jersey City the other day by the
was made. It is intended for one Of the fortitica
lions in New York Harbor. W.:
It is definitely settled that the maritime or com
merclal German flag shall consist Of three stripes
-black-white-Eed, this being combination of the
DID Hanseatic colors, red-white, with the Prussian
colors, black-white
The Lawrence (Kansas) Journal says that i'm
anigrationis beginning to pour in. The cars, both
on the main line and Leavenworth branch, coming
West are loaded with people looking for locations
i'm Kansas. A9s# l.tf
The Avery Island (Louisiana, salt mine is said
20 pc the finest In the world. The mine is inex-
,naushole, and the material pure as crystal, con-
Gaining ninety-nine per cent. of pure sal It has
a working company with capital Of 50, 100000.
MAHoMMED EauR PAczA, the Turkish Minister Of
Pouce, died recently at the advanced age Of one
.hunored and nine years. He started in the SER
vlce as private janissary, and gradually worked
his way up to succession of provincial governor
ships, and finally to the post vacated by his DEATH
Some time ago they started.a female seminary
in Salt Lake city. It fourished well but in the
height Of it's prosperity the Mormon principal
teloped with and married. the whole school, For
the benefit Of our fair readers we would state that
this is q mere rumor, and Inter advices fron Utah
have not confirmed it. :;3 ,4
The Dismal Swamp Canal, in Virginia and North
width Is also to bo increased from forty feet to
sixty, and its locks extended twenty-iye feet
When these improvements are completed, it will
accommodate ten times the present amount Of bu-
ness. .ES5g vi, s y -5s5.rs
Ia.7 esa-:',.eet-a- tsE ny eaA. aa5e Tons of
Butter are passing down on the railroads some
OF 1t has been held for long time, and, after be-
Jug re-worked, is sent to market There being no
nope OF further advance or safety in longer keep
1ng it must be sold to avoid losses. This, we sup
pose, is the STRONG butter frequently sold by our
auctioneers. .;S 535@. sil lT-
Cats are animals of which the supply generally
exceeds the demand. It is not so, however. inst
at present at Luzerne, in Switzerland, where the
cats are quoted as Scarce" and are said to be
eelhng at high price in consequence Of malady
mat mas greatly thinned their. numbers The
1ead or the animal, when attacked swell rapidly,
At refuses all nourishment, and soon dies
cotemporary remarks .if the public knew one
half Of the trash that enters into the composition
OF Whist Is commonly sold as ground coffee, they
would be struck with astonishment and DISGUST
The remark holds good not as to coffee alone; for
it Is equally applicable to most Of the prepared
arhcies offered IN s1ch perfection, alleged cheap
ness and abundance.
The grasshopper invasion of Kansas and West.
ern Missouri, last fall, will be remembered. The
ST. Joseph (Mo.) Herald now says the farmers in
That city are living in dread Of return, or rather
recurrence, Of the invasion. They are dispirited
dare not 10, incur any expense, or act upon the
aaea that they are this fall to reap the reward Of
1nelr spring labors. This fear actually has very
depressing influence upon business.
IN the supreme Court, Circuit, Past q, New York,
7n the case OF WIN. A. SAhBoRNE ps. SuAs G. Her
RING ct al, verdict was rendered for the defend
ant The action was brought by che plaintiff to re-
cover 81, 800, which had been stolen from safe
purchased BY him from the defendants agent at
lineage, under representations that it was burglar
PROOF. Inc safe was broken into by sledging the
sIanole OF the knob on the outside Of the chest.
Secretary SEWARD has issued q circular letter to
1ne Consular agents and Ministers Of the United
States stationed OF ports likely to be visited by
General 5HERsiANs expedition to the Ho,v Tan5
commenting the General and his party to their
confederation, and intimating that any attention
aad TO him BY foreign States win be gratefully ap
preclated BY the Government The Secretary OF
me l Navy has given orders to supply the Quaker
eVy-the vessel in which the party sals-with ar
flllery and flags to be used in salutine.
a correspondent Of the st. Louis Rep,tbkcnn
VINO has been on visit to some newly discovered
t'.o .a. s n that Lead has been
found IN large and paying quazltitiea in y.r;r,,,
localities, and as q consequence the mineral ex-7
0n-
try in mineral wealth cannot fail to be developed
m short time. The rough and rocky ridges along
the Water courses appear to be full Of lead, and Il
only requires capital and labor to find it in paving
quantities. y ,5ss "A # tt:.a. . I: Z. v: s +'S, -
An interesting salvage case has been argued be-
lore the United States District Court OF Brooklyn.
Eastern District, in which the A8d Regiment (col
Ored Infantry claim twothinds Of the value OF the
steamer Aeyvinsac, for having kept her aaoat by
constant bai1ing and excessive labor while on
! board Of her as passengers from New Orleans TO
!. New York IN 1855. The vessel sprung q leak, it
appears, when about two hundred and ten miles
rom the mouth Of the Mississippi, and required
AL the exertons Of the crew, working by relia6a
under the charge Of their officers, to save har.
The hbellants claim That the case is unusnal ana
does not como under the law disallowinp salvage
TO passengers. The Court has reserved ito a.
cision. " 5ssS s'sss;s ssss - ~
The New York Heralfs special corresponaenca
from Matamoras, Mexico, gives further news fron,
the zioinity Of Queretaro to the 22d nit No do,bt
at present exists that the recent. engagement IL
suited in an Imperial defeat The lighting vas
very stubborn, and the losses are admitted by Ea.
rs to be very heavy on both sides. The I'm
perial chiefs had issued q proclamation Offering
40 to any soldier who would join them with his
arms, and IS for any one who would Join them
without his arms:! Itis probably intended as 3
bait for desarters from the Liberals The cnm-