The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-21
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NEWS

-9ONAC IOcCu III NOW 1OAh Ou CdJuEuOy ~ lfOust
Cotton closed in New York on Saturday at 19ac-
for middling uplands. @ s..
Cotton closed in Liverpool on Saturday OF $50.
for middling uplands. Sales 10000 bales.
"A single hotel at Saratoga took $3.50, 600 this
season in receipts from boardors.
Competition has placed tho fare from New York
20 Albany, 100 miles, at fifty cents. ~~.~
Rev. Mr.. Simpson, Of Exeter, England, is OH
trial for habitual drunkenness in church.
In the play Of Marie Antoinette," Ristori
wears seven dresses, worth, in all, $4,000.
The Governsr OF Ohio has not the veto power.
SO the new Legislature is Independent Of him.
1T is reported that Gen. Sherman is writing o
book ON the war, to be published ~posthumously.I
Tho P~assamaquoddy Indians, OF Maine, have
chosen Pearpole Sabattus as delegate to the Legis-
lature.
There is talk Of n game of chess to be played
by means Of the Atlantic cable, by players in New
York and London.
An eccentric recently died in England, who.
although in perfectly good health, had not risen
from hs bed for forty-nine years,
Belle Boyd is now said to be meeting with sue
cess as q tragedienne. She has played engage
msnts in Leavenworth, Memphis and Nashville.
Senator FT~elinghuysen, in a late speech, de-
clared : this generation ought never to attempt to
pay o dollar Of the principal of the public debt"
The new California process Of extracting gold
and silver will increase the demand for salt.
Two hundred pounds Of salt is used for each ton
Of ore.
The yellow fever in New Orleans has been par
ticularly severe on the editors Of that city, having
attacked fourteen of them. Only one died, how
ever.
The Camanohe Indians in New Mexico recent
y attacked and killed quite a number Of Navajo
Indiana for trQPna qQirfO on CrnnnH nJ0innad 1u
them. .t|f
"A convention OF the Christian churches Of
Pennsylvania, Ohio aud Virginia will be held, in
Pittsburg from the ed to the Oath Of this month
inclusive.
The Yale students are going to revive theis
old Thanksgiving jubilee this Fall, and make 1t q
public and respectable affair, to which ladies viii
be admitted.
"A good vein Of coal, three feet ten inches
thick, and one hundred and twenty feet below the
surface, has been found in Paris township, Por-
tage county, Ohio.
Mr.. Seward is still at Auburn. He has no i'm
tention OF resigting his seat in the Cabinet. He
Expresses his opinion that New York is certain I'd
go for the Democrats next month.
England and Ireland during the frat eight
months Of 1857, sent abroad l,789, 176, 4O6 yards Of
cotton piece goods, or more than q million miles,
tAAuo giving tLo WOIku bOm6CIlluB 10 W06r.
"A canary bird at Troy, New York, having es-
fond Of listening to the birds song, caught it and
brought it safely to its mistress, before she knew
Of the escape.
Electors we're chosen in tho State Of Vera Cruz
favorable to Diaz. There is but little doubt, how
ever, that Jusrez will prove to be the successful
competitor for the position. His organ, the Con-
sttutional, proposes Diaz for Vice President.
A novel race, in which the pedestrian Griffin
attempted to run five miles while the trotting
horse Captain MCGOWAN trotted ten, took place at
the Mystic Park, Boston, yesterday. The man
gave out on the third mile, and the horse leisurely
finished his trot. s,;.
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has nearly ready
or the press a collection OF his miscellaneous writ
ings In three volumes, consisting Of critical papers
on Lamb, Gray, Goldsmith, Pitt and Fox, Sir Tho
mas Browne, Schiller, and other writer's Of the
present and past century.
"A current Of water is supposed to be. passing
under 0 portion Of Vicksburg. Some two weeks
ago the earth CRACKED in several places, endanger-
Ing Q considerable amount Of property, including
some valuable buildings. There was q similar oc-
currcnee OF Memphis one or two months ago.
The President is taking a deep interest in
financial matters, and q considerable portion Of
the annual message will be devoted to this impor;
tant question. MIR. johnson, it is we'll under
$1,000, favors an early resumption Of specie pay
ments and q steady contraction Of the currency
to that end. n.,
"A prairie fire on the 7th instant, swept into
the Government stookyard at Fort Ransom, Da-
,kotah, and destroyed all the Government hay.
The same FIRE ran into q half-breed camp and
burned ten half breeds to death, and ten more
were 30 badly burned that their lives are
despaired OF.
The porgy oil manufacture OF Maine is estima-
ted for 1895 at 81, 00O. 900 in value, and the guano
at 100000. Altogether, the manufactures for the
present year VIII be somewhat Less than that Of
Last year, but as the oil is selling for only about
ously less than last season.
They do good work at New Bedford. A shin
was lately hauled up for repairs. ION removing
the old deck to put down a new one the timbers be-
meath were found covered with the varnish with
which they we're coated thifty-four years ago, and
nearly all the original spikes, made by hand, were
used IN relaying the deck" al1f
1t has just come to light that Mrs. Lincoln
has, Tor q year past been raising money on various
articles at o pawnbroker's shop in Chicago. This
institution, which has paid her some $500, now
has two or three Of her dresses, one being. it is az
serted, the dress which che wore at the time of the
assassination Of her husband.
The following is from tho record OF the New
York postoface, for the week ending October IL.
British letters sent 50, 1878; received Il, s4s: German
letters sent 2 $3.50; received 1894; French letters
sent 1855; received 540l; Belgian letters sent
400; received no; total sent n, O4s; total received
SO.2N; total sent aud received 107, 2S4. ,el ISL .
Santa Annals trial has ended with q sentence
Of exile from Mexican territory for a period Of
eight yearA Elections for President began during
the last week Of September. The result in the
City Of Mexico was an overwhelming defeat or
JuareS's proposed amendments to the Constitu-
ton. but Q majority OF electors favorable to his
reelection to the Presidency were elected.
Tho English United Service Magazine considers
It Q lucky circumstance that the Abyssinian Wills
gore prefer British manufactures for the most
part, because bribery viii thus become profitable
to the nation o. well rs sasy. It sugRests also
that as o mems OF buying the influence 81 the
priests, 9 good supply Of Hranlincense should be
taken by She expedition. II certainly shows a |
rapid progress in the art Of war when frankincenae |
10 carried by the soldiers instead Of gunpovder.
This idea would have been extremely pleasing to |
the members OF the recent peace convention.
-Nurempsrg may fairly claim to be the cityto i
inventors. A'paper mill was built here In l8o0. !
Cannon were cast In 1885. A machine for dray1;pg
wire was put into operation In 1850. In Ibso Hans /
1Obsip9er invented the air-gun. Denner invented |