The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-09
I:hg 1atlg Nems,
NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed in Now York on Saturday at 2Gj
for Middliug Uplands.
Gold closed ut l2tn4o3

army surgeon In around Galveston lit Tor duty,
and that tho regular .dical practitioners Of that
city haYo moro than they can possibly attcnd to.
The celebrated FRANCIS DEAH, who is the real
King Of Hungary, is 30 poor that, during the $685.
sion of tho Hungarian Dict ut pcsth, he has to
content hiinsolf with two cheap rooms OH tho
fourth floor Of tho principal hotel in that city.
A. DIRKroLrz, formerly n conductor in CoLrs
Factory, Hartford. has invented n now metallic
compound resembling brass, but nrro durable and
cheaper. company has been formed in Proyi-
dcnco for it's manufacture, with three hundred
thousand tlollars capitnl.
Although it is moro than R"o years since tie
death Of PnINcE ALBERT tho mourning seal in
black wax continues tu hc affixed To all the nfll-
cIal lcttDrs Of tho government in its several de-
partmcnls, nor docs thrrc appear any probability
ot return Of tho rod official seal
Among tho recently muminat cd cheyalicrs of the
Legion OF Honor aro two dRaches of tho Frcncll
embassy in Mexico, who wcre supposed at tho
tino Tho honor was coufrrred upon them 10 DO
slluSly locked up in Il Mexican convent us close
prisoners. Tho PaH !NlR Gazette calls them
- knights in paiftGRy."
Portland taxes itsOlf this year .7l5,S53, or
s25,71i less than last year. Tho decrease of vulu.
alton in consequence Of Tho great irc s 81 5O7 G5j
md tho rate or taxation in S2I 80 per thousand
against sst 50 last year. JouN B. Bnowx pays tho
heaviest tax, sI7,2i3, and Representative JouS
Lynch pays $3.50.
An order from tho British War Onico has bcen
recently issued limiting thcnumbrr Of soldiers who
arc to receive permission 10 marry to seven PR
cont. of the whole establishment Of u corps, and
furthor requiring that no man shall obtain suci,
permission who IL not in possession OF good con
duct badge. al tho snmo time tho privileges OF
married soldiers arc greatly increased
The Union Springs Times Bays tina tho SIcr-
IFS salo i'll that town OH Monday last land sold Mt
ten to twenty-five cents per acre. and mules at $40
apiece. A good steam mill in running order,
brought only s25. We suppose that tho debtor d
right of redemption had consid,, ablo effect in
causing tho low bids for real estate, but wo can't
undorstand why mulos did not bring better
price.
Steam fishing boats have boon introduced into
somo of tho Scotch fisheries. Tho object of tho
promoters of the innovation ia to send decp-sca
fsh to the markets on tho day during which thoy
nrc tnkon. Should the system become general, n
vast occupation will bo completely royolutionized.
Tho inventors do not as yet propose to cast the
nots or bait the hooks by steam, powor but confno
their auxiliary aid to propollinG tho boat
Thoro arc two men In prison in England whose
fate it has been to illustrate tho nature of lawyers
bills on n mr nifcent scale. p. FosrEn farmer,
now ieH j. lunton Jail for non-payment of
church rato amounting to tho sum Of 15s 7ld
But the cost OF tho law proceedings by which lie
was condemned amount to f147 1Gs. 9ld. ]. D.
GRANT is immured in Whtecross Stroot Prison for
non-payment OF 81 19s. church ratio, coupled with
E257 costs.
The Progress du Hord, Of Lilo, reports fatal
accident there. A platform on which tho bands
SirtI
line were prscticng for tho great foto to DO given
to the Emperor on the 27th instant, broke down,
and oil tho mon woro precipated pell-men to tho
ground among tho debris. Tho sentinel, who had
been placed below, was killed, and about scoro
of tho musciaus were or loss injured, mono
OF thom severely.
The German press contains proposal by KARL
BLIND to crect O. monument in honor Of RoBERT
BLUM, the membor Of tho German Parliament who
was executed at Vienna in 1913, according to
court-martial decree, as well US ono in honor Of
TRUTzscHLER, also member OF the German Par
lament, who was shot at Mannheim in 1sI9 to-
gothor with large number OF tho champions of
democracy, at tho order OF tho thon Prince and
now King Of Prussia.
colonel JAMES kEnRroAf eX-member OF Con-
gross from New York, recently returned FROM Ire
land with four hundred Fenians, whom ho had
taken thero III brig to invade tho country, says
that they were landed at several points on tho
coast but found no one favorable to the uprising;
they could not obtain supplies without great dif-
fculty and danger, and suffered go much from do
privation that half a dozen mon aro reported to
have diod Oh tho passage hack. KEaaroAN and
his followers look enlaoated and arc very des-
pondent OF revolution in Ireland
In tho cOurso OF excavations at tha Vest Dock
works, Hull, England, the nayvies hayo como upon
stratum of dark soil, in which number of troes
III horizontal position wero met with. They are
oak, and In excclt mt condition. and arc remarkably
hard. Besides these interesting remains of a long
past ago, large number OF acorns and hazel
nuts were found, anu s0mo oystor aud mussel
Hhclls. Tho discovery is the moro interesting To
geo!ogists, soens that trees were found ut depth
OF about nineteen feot below the water limo OF tho
riyor.
American coin, though quite scarce at homo, Is
most plentiful abroad. It ia reported that nenrly
ah foreign countries, especially the British Colo
NAL Possessions on this continent, arc flooded
with American coin. In Canaila silver is 70 abu,-
dant al to be regarded decided nuisance, whicl,
the authorities and people are discussing meas
urea to nbate. At special meeting OF tho Lon
don, @. W, Board Of Trade, held few days since
resolution passed, urging merchants and othors
to tAke American silver at four per cent discount
until something definite s done with regard TO tho
matter.
The Chicago Journals London correspondent
thinks lie has discovered that the odd namos be-
slowed by DICKENS on tho chAracters in his oyels
arc not Inventions, but gathered from the Wills at
Doctors Commons, the English probate oAi.e
The PIcKwIcKs wero lourishing family at Ports
mouth, DICKENS birth place, between 1903 md
1914, and among tho probate records above re-
ferrod to, the names Of auPpY, CH1zzIEw1r, VEL
lER, otc., occur. DICKENS, though ho writes his
namo with the simple prefix Of CHARLES is Inv
fully entitled to tho thrco, viz: CnAnLEs JOHN
HUFFAM.
Henry Il. HA1oHT, tho recently elected Cover
nor OF California, is native OF Rochester, New
York, aid is on the sunny side OF forty-fvo years
He is son Of FLETCHER Al. HAIaHT, formerly
distinguished lawyer in Rochester and In ST.
Louis, and subsequently ointment ut tho bar of San
francisco. He was, during the last years Of his
life, District Judge Of California appointed by Mr.,
LINCOLN. Tho younger Mr.. HAIaHr graduated at
Ynlo College in 1874 or as; studied law in Roehcs-
ter and hos practcod most successfully at tho bar
both in st. Louis and San Francisco. Ho il man
Of very decided talents most pleasing address, and
irTepronchabls character.
Tho Californians have Of flnto turned their atten-
ton to the mysteries OF inrenion. We notice that
one Of their iron men has invented new iron fort
The main principle Of this fort ip evidently taken
from the ERIcssoN Cole monitor, for itGs reyoly-
inp t11rrek Rut hao;da. rnuoIyinn t1,;s t,,.-ok