The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-15
NEWS SUMMARY.

dollars apiece
.-Ex-President Buchanan is not expected to live
through the Winter.
-Mres, the famous Jewish banker Of Paris, ha.
become Rornan Catholic
Two tons Of prepared sponge for upholsterinG
are manufactured daily in Lebanon, n. b.
Tho New York Re,ald claims that Its daily ra
osipts average 5000, or over 100000 per al
mum.
The propris.or Of the Cincinnati Times re-
fused s25O,o0J cash Tor his newspaper establish
ment.
The Norfolk papers record the deaths Of sx
Mayor Stubbs and S. c. Washington, two well
known citize-s.
The Internal Revenue Inspectors have seized
valued st 81 $4,000.
The Mobile Tines says that the Texas negroe!
will work neither for love nor money, and the crops
are rotting in the ground.
Tho Philadelphia North American says there
are more people out of employment now than there
were in the hard times Of 1887.
A recent fire at Fort Valley, Ca, WIS very de-
structive. The total loss is estimated at SIS, 0OO
on which there Is an insurance Of s13700.
H. Ii. ClaAin Co., Of New York, during 1856
sold $500 900 Of dry goods-the largest years
business of any wholesale house in the world.
The entire number OF clerks, messengers, ant
lsborers employed in the Treasury Department
and the various bureaus thereof, in Washington, is
2541.
Hon. Rayerdy Johnson D said TO be in danger
of losing the sight OF his right eye by means Of 9
cataract. he lost the s;ght OF his left eye some
time since.
The New York Herald, which publishes Thad
Stevenss letter in favor Of paying off the FIVE
twenties in gold, takes ground in support OF his
proposition.
"A professional snake-killer is employed at the
New York Central Park who averages about twen-
~ victims daily. The Park has the garter, grass
and water snakes
Connecticut is forming company to manu-
facture wood-sswing machine and grindstone
combined When the saw gets dull it is sharpened
on tho grindstone.
Property of the value of many thousands OF
dollars has been destroyed within few days past
in Missouri and K'nsas by prlirls fires In some
instances whole farms were devastated.
1t is said that George W. Oailds, proprietor Of
the pailadeI ,hia Ledger, has offered James Cor
don Bennett 81, $50 900 for the New York Herald.
Bennett has the matter under consideration.
Churches and graveyards are subject to taxa
Hon in Missouri. ST.. Malachi's Church, in ST..
Iouis, has been sold for $50 taxes, and the Wes-
leyan Cemetery was offered, but there was no bid
der.
Bismarck and Bsust recently hsd secret in
tsryiew at Dresden. No one found out what it was
about the footmen in the ante-room said the two
atstesmen laughed good deal during their long
te.e-a.'ete.
The United States, 1t seems, is not the only
place where the precious metals are at premium.
The tarnoil caused BY Garibaldi's recent move
ments in Italy has raised gold to 110{ and silver
to 107t at Naples.
1t is estimated that over five hundred persons
lost their lives at st. Thomas, by drowning during
the prevalence Of the recent tornado there. The
damage done to property is estimatei at over
eight millions of dollars.
Gen raj Clingman, of North Carolina, while
riding in hack in New York, the other day, was
struck in the eve by the drivers whip, and it is
sxpeeted that the accident will result in the total
loss Of the wounded member.
Fears are entertained by some that there are
ooon to be large arrivals Of slaves in Cuba direct
from Africa. It is certain that the slave trade is
not yet suppressed, as official reports notice the
arrival Of cargoes quite frequently.
A destructive fire occurred at Jefersonton,
Camden County, Ca, Monday night, 4th inst,
which destroyed al the stores in thu place. The
fire. was the work Of an incendiary There was
but very little insurance on the goods and prop
erty.
1t is stated that as Mr.. Bradley has been dis.
membered from the Washington bar, and there
fore is no longer one Of the counsel for John e. Sur
rstt that the eminent New York criminal lawyer,
James T. Brady, is about to volunteer as counsel
for the defence.
When the news Of Garibaldrs movement reach
Cd France, the young Duke do Chevreuse, who had
hut few months suce resigned q commission in
the Pspal army, returned to Rome aud reiolned
the Zouaves ss private. He Is one OF ths richest
noblemen in France.
The Ala oama Convention ordered the Score
tary to procure for each delegate fifteen daily
newspapers, '1oyal and favorable to reconstruc
ton under tbs Acts Of Congress" but the motion
was reconsidered and lost, probably because so
few Of the delegates could read.
Tho London Lloyds have issued table, show
ing the number OF wrecks throughout the world
for the first half OF 1857. It appears that disas-
tars happened to 5525 ships and 500 steamers, of
which 1912 ships and 81 steamers were totally
lost. whilst the number Of lives lost SO far as re-
ported, was 6S7.
The oil tubes, it is stated. have been laid
across the Allegheny river from Oh City to the
track OF the Allegheny Valley railroad. In order to
prevent these tuoes from being carried away by
ice or drifswood, they have been embedded in the
bottom Of the river. They greatly f. :ilitate the
shipment OF oil.
One daily paper in Paris has circulation OF
$4,000 copies. It is printed oa four presses Of
French invention, which turn Of ~ 900 copies an
hour. Each press can print 600 copies every min
ute. England has nothing approaching this guam
tty or rapidity. And this paper, LIE Petit Journal
selling for one sou, fraction less than one cent,
ernploys, a. well it may, some Of the cIeverest
pens In France.
The statements reoeltly published giving the
number Of colored pupils attending school
throughout the country are incorrect, making the
number 2Ss, QUO more than there really are. Gene
raj Howard says the correo:sd plumber as report
ed to him officially and unofic!ally is 100000, dis
srlbuted as follows: In regular schools at the
South, 200, 900; in plantation and family schools,
100, ,o0o: in schools at The North, 100000.
The question whether railroad company
which has printed on its tickets that 1t is not re-
ponsible for more than one hundred dollars
worth Of baggage csr Le made to indemnify
traveller for lost trunk has been settled against
railroad company in Brooklyn. The Judge held
that in the hurry Of travel, party was not to be
hsld responsible for reading all the printed matter
that might be stuck at him through g ticket Wiz
dow on the back OF his ticket.
Louis Napoleon is sa,a TO be in better health
than has been feared. He looks careworn, and
his walk betrsys the presence Of confirmed and
incurabls malady; but his disorder is one that
may, with care and good 70 tune, be consistent
-rSl an .oa rnpch greater than ba boo vat attain,