The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-13
The lai1g Nens~
NEWS SUMMARY.


The reported new island in the Pacific has
proved delusion. There is no land within
Eve hundred miles Of the point designated.
paper has been started at Rio de Janeiro
called the Brazil Emigration Reporter, one of
the publishers of which is q former citizen Of
Mississippi.
Tie vacancy caused by the death of Justice
WAYSs, Of the Supreme Court, will not be filled.
A Law of Congress prohibits the filling of any
vacancies until the number of judges is reduced
to six.
The Unknown French fuancier, NJ. EMILE
PIR1rRs IS President of twelve or fifteen joint
stock &C .psnies, the aggregate capital of
which is s74s, 100000 His influence in Paris
may bel, agined.
Thirty ,cars ago the postage of letter from
London to the Isle Of Man was Is. 3d.; to Ler-
wick, in Scotland, Is. 3D.; and to Glenavy, in
Ireland, Is. Sd. The postage of letter to
Australia or New Zealand is now only Cd.
1t has t.anspired that the Court which sent
enesd Mrs. SuRRArT to death, earnestly re-
commended her to the mercy Of the President.
The Recommendation is in the handwriting OF
Congressn An BINGHAM.
His Mohammedan Majesty, the Turkish
Sultan, seems to be well pleased with his visit
in the countries of the infdels. After visiting
Paris End London, he has accepted an invita-
tion from the Emperor Of Austria to spend q
week in Vienna.
The other day the population Of Vienna
crowded the Prstsr to witness singular race
Eight horses ran, each ridden by lady be-
longing to high life. The stakes were parure
Of diamonds Of great value. The Countess
s. won by half neck.
A. gentleman asked Mr.. Beeoher the other
day what he intenoed to do with the charac-
tsrs of his novel now running in the Ledger
He said he vas bothered to know, but "felt
tempted to get up grand railroad accident
/. and kill them al off at once"
The Philsdslphis PIess is authorized by
Hen. THApDEus STEVENS to say, concerning
the story of the interview between him and
the editor Of the Union Springs (Miss. Times,
that sthers is very little foundation for what it
contains, being, 50 far Is there is any sem
blsncs Of truth in il, . caricature."
On tho 18th of June the water was let into
Helena Ditch. Montana. This ditch, from
whore it taps Ten Mile Gulch till it empties into
: Dry Guich, il seventeen and q half miles long
A tunnel one hundred and forty feet long has
been cut through solid rock. The work was
commenced year ago, and from one hundred
to ono hundred and fifty men worked on it
daily.
Baron Oh RorHscHIID has just given $3.50
for male cock pheasant peacock, brought re-
Gently from China. There Is but one other like
bird (snd il il hsn) ia Europe, and it belongs
to the zoological Garden at Antwerp. Baron
IN RorzscHIID may crafty his whims. He Is
the banker Of all the crowned heads who visit
Psris, ard his commissions must amount to an
enormous SUN.
Ths course Il The. Austrian Government to-
ward Hungary has reconoiled . number Of the
most prominent men Of the revolutionary
Marty with Austrian rule. Among those who
have syailsd themselves Of the amnesty Is
Gen. KLApxA Who last year organized and
commanded the Hungarian legion which was
: to invade Hungary while the Prussians were
marching upon Vienna.
"A short time sinos soms laborsrs, digging in
&sld near Youyhal, Ireland, discovered two
ensiqus gold ornaments. The ornaments cor
sist Of two shaplsts or circlets for the head,
called, from tilcir shape, lunssses, and, If of
Draidicsi origin, belong to class Of ornament
worn only by the high priests on oeeasions OF
The grestest sslemnity. The ornaments weigh
sbout eight ouness, and are Of the finest gold.
Ills ssatsd BY Cen. SPINNER, the United
States Treasurer, that Losas1Rrsr's checks
were paid by him during the war, Is the only
INSTANCE Of that kind, LoaesFRiEf was pay
ns,term m the United States Army when the
sstsssaisn movement was insugursted, and i'm
nssdistely upon rssigning his position in our
army deposited Ill the Government funds he
had ON hand, and made provision for oil the
ehScksyhich had been issued BY him.
: Governor CRAWFORD, Of Kansas, says Eve
thousand whites hsye been killed by the In
diAns the last yeaf. He says tho Indian traders
aud assass hare misrepressnted matters to the
Government, having reported tho Indians
peaeeabls when they were numbering and
scalpfng citizens wherever they could find
them. He says il the Government does not
provide for the protection Of the people, he
win take the matter into his own hands.
A new giant, born in tho Department Of the
vosSss, France, and measuring eight feet and .
half in height, visited the Exhibition at Paris
Isssntly, having made the journey to Paris
principally with thsobjtct Of measuring himself
Win the Chinese giant He at once proceeded
20 the establishment which the latter shares
with dwarf, snd challenged him, measure in
hand. : The result Of tho trial was that the
Chinaman had to acknowledge himself van
quished in stature. -sa -
An extra, Of the 1sses Of India, dated the
14ths sult.; coatains the following letter: ''Sir
-oae Of the missing Sepoys, 2lst regiment ma
tive infantry. or marine battalion, who accom-
panied DR.. LvIrasroxE's expedition, returned
th;s day from Zsnsibar. News has been receiv-
sdftom tho Dse.or. He WAS alive and WE'LL
and the havildaf, 21st regiment native infan-
try, or marine battalion, and the Nassick boys
were with him. 3. THAoxsR, commanding 21st
regiment native infantry, Bombay, May IA,
1882
The New York Hi6sns says: "Among the
stserage passengers who arrived in New York
on,Tassday, on the stsamship Iron Age, from
Amstsrdam, were ten conyicts, who were sent
here BY the authorities at that place. Some of
the passengers informed Capt THOMAS LAY,