The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-08
GhR 1ai1g NemsY
NEWS SUMMARY.

49,
Gold closed in Now York yesterday at 1861, and
Cotton at 27c. for middling uplunds.
Cotton closed ut Liverpool al lid. for mtddling
upland. .s9r,yt
Thcro arc IN England aud Wales about 10000
clet8ynleL, of whom 10, 900 receive OH an average
f100 per annum wliilo IN aotual duty. ~
hi the Austrian State Lottory, connected with
tho loan OF 1860, the Bishop Of Brunn Count
SoHAFdoTscnE) has just Won 4 prize Of SOC, ,000H.
On Saturday morning last, after tho lnpso Of an
interval ,of moro than Six yoars the Alexandria,
Loudon and Hemisphere Railroad WAS roopened
10 Lecsburg. The trains commenced running
regularly over tho rond ON Monday last.
General GRANT and Governor GEAnY havo been
invited by tho managers Of the SoJiers' National
Cemctary to visit Gettysburg juno 20. Tho former
has accepted, and tho latter will probably DO
proaont. I,. -,
Another first prizo llas como to America from tho
Paris Exposltion-a gold medal to WALTER A.
WooD's moving machine. Sir. WooD himself is
dangerously i'll ut his homo Mt IIoosc, and was too
unwell to attend tho funeral Of his vito fow days
Bince.
Some Of the Washington diplomatists thirk that
JUAnEz may mako good thing Of MAxIsuLIAN by
ransoming in place of shooting him. Mk11MIL
nEs mother, tho Dowager Empress SOPHIA, Of
Austria, is immensely rioh and mucli as $780,
100000 could DO paid il /. were demanded.
Tho 81. Paul Press promises fifteen million
bushels of wheat from Minnesota this season. II
says the area OF land put in wheat this year il
much greater than before. aud in frontier
settlements whore Tho scarcity OF seed prevails,
four times more land is Bown to wheat than last
year. i
A Yankee soldier nnd negro got into quarrel
at LynchburG, when tho negro kicked tho Yankoo
ynla irIy foot 1pan will ly font
broke and ho wont down again. acconi attempt
was successful, mud ho was brought to tho top in
nearly dying condition. It is thought lie cannot
recover.
The cargo Of the steamer Sheridan, which WIS
wrookod last wintor near Body Island, will be sold
OF public auction, in Norfolk on tho 18th instant
Tho 'yaluo OF tho cargo estimated ut about
81 1000, 900. Tho portion saved consists OF Russian
tar nnsocd and lard 6n, white lead, zinc, dry
goods, nnd hogshcads OF Irish, Scotch, anl Bour-
bon whiskoy. i--' -
Tho Now York State Constitutional Convention
mot at Albany this week, and it is supposed will be
in session during tho creator part of tho summer.
1tconsists Of one hundred and sixty delegates of
whom ninoty-seyon uro Republicans and sixty-six
Democrats-a Republican majority of thirty four
There is to be an effort made 10 procure an ad-
iournmont at an early day to Saratoga. Each dole
gate is paid six dollars dAy for his services.
Tho following National Banks hayo failed, or aro
in process Of liquidation: Yenango National Bank
Franklin, Pa; Tennessee National Bank, Mem
phis, Tenn; First National Bank, ALtica N. y;
First rtional Dank, Medina. N. Y; First Nation
al Bank, Columbia, Mo-; First National Bank
Carondalet, No.; Merchants National Bank, Wash-
ington, u. G..
Tho Now York Yacht Club announces that its
Juno regatta will tako place on tho 18Th. Eight
yachts havo already been entered aud ohors, it is
anticipated, will engage in tho contest. Among
tho yachts entered tho new and splendid
.Daunicss, by j. G. BENNETT, Jn.; tho Vesta, by P.
.Lon1LLAnD; the Rambler, by II. FEAMsa; tho
Phantom. by the Mcssrs SrEnp1Ns and Tho Magic,
by G. l.. LoRRILLARD.
At Edinburg, Scotland, q fcw weoks since, man
named POLLOCK, living in tenement house, was
reading by his hrcside when tho hearthstono sud-
denly gayo way under him, and he fell into deep
cavern full OF water. His wfo reached down and
held him by the hnir until assistance arrived. It
turuod out That tho house had boen built over tho
ruins OF an ancient malt kiln, OF which nono OF the
occupants suspected the existence.
Tho National Typographical Union mot at Mem
phis, Juno Sd, at Odd Fellows' Hall. About SOW
onty-flvo Delegates woro present. Tho following
officers wero elected: JOIN II. CDEnLr, Of Cairo,
reoleotod President: d. o. MonnIs. of Memphis,
frat Vice President; ]. HAMMOND, Of Now Orleans,
second Yico President; ALEXANDER TnoUPE, Of
New Ybfk, Secretary !; and M. D. MAYBEnnY, Of
Philadelphia, Corresponding Secretary.
:, Tho Shenandoah Valley is said to have almost
recovered from tho desolatons o: tho lato war,
Notwithstanding the rayages Of tho many armies
thatpassed through it, and tho almost total de.
struction Of houses, fences, md agricultural i'm,
plements, it s said that this year tho formers will
probably hnvo tho finest and largest wheat crop
raised III that region. Tho lower Counties
nro filed up with Pennsylvania Germans, who are
quietly buying up oil tho Garms thoy can get.
Senator WADE and party arrived at North Platte
three hundred miles from Omaha, on Juno Sd. To
morrow they will visit ono Of tho forts in thb
vicinity, in company with Lieut. -Gencral SHt RMAN
The weather is delightful, and they arc enjoying
themselves immensely. Being supplied with good
rifles thoy kept up continual FIRE all day at antc
lopes and other gamo found all along tho track
Rails aro laid over forty mos west Of here, but
owing to tho high wator OF tho Platio River, sagea
will leave here for Denver. " .a
Tho Mayor OF Kcntahaack-H somewhere in Get-
many-having sought shelter in sand quarry
with his two sons and seryant, driving tho car
riage, was overwhelmed by . land slip. woman
passing acoidenty somo inlo after, near tho scone
OF the disaster, horsos head standing ont OF
the Garth, and went Immediately to announce tito
fact in tho neigiboring yillngo. Tho inhabitants,
proceeding to tho spot, removed tho earth, but
found only four corpses, tho horse remaining
alive.
T. At tho Princess M&THII.DE,s uauaI Sunday oven
ing reception in Paris recently, tho King a,ii
Queen of tbu BelsiRns we're present. but tho event
OF the evening was that tho first siameso Embas-
andor tnephew OF the Kingj was accompanied by
his vito, who has mover boforo appeared in Pa-
risian aaton. This lady WAS dressed in tho court
costume OF her own country-a rich silk dress with
gold embroidery. She ia very little dark cnrn-
plexioned, OF conrao, and her tiny hands aro NOT
bigger than those Of q child eleven years old. 4
Tho California mails bring further intelligence
respecting tho intolerant bearing OF the Sat- Lake
Mornnons toward tho Gentle population. The ldt-
ter nrb prescribed not only in thcir soeial, but
business rotations, so TINT to gain tho means of
subsistonce, among Ihem is almost impossible
Those who can arc removing, md making what
ever sacrifice Of property is neoful in order to d.
cape. It IL stated that DBIouAM YouNa, in a re-
cent sermon, recommended stricl non.interoouIac
The alormons tho Arabs Of tho American
desert.
Tho Corpus Christi ddrer'iscr snys TINT corn is
now selling at fifty conts pur bushel in Dastrop
county, and delivered at sixty cents; specio, no
presume. Tho prospect is fno for tho coming
crop. The AdUeriser hns reporis that in Willian,-