The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-07
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NEWS SUMMARY.

Gold closed IN New 1ork at 42S.
Cotton closed in Liverpool with q decline of /
quoted at 1Od for MiddGng Uplands.
The statue Of EDWARD EVERETT, csst in bronze
in Berlin. after the model made by W. ". STORY
and to be placed in the Public Garden in Boston
is 10 be dedicated early in October.
At Marietta, Ohio farmer cut seventeen log;
from poplar tree on Saturday, having al aggre.
gate length of one hundred and ninety-seven feet
the smallest being twenty-five inches i'll diameter
The Mobile Tribune says, with deal OF snap
that "were the devil to come on earth N prOpriG
persona, there would be found fools to burnist
up the prcngs of his tail and adorn ther, will
ribbons"
The ties for the Kansas Pacific Railroad have tC
be transported from the eastern border, and art
estimated to cost, laid down, one dollar each. Fue
used for the locomotives has to be transported two
hundred miles.
The preaching of twoCapuohins, in San Saliva
dor, place noted for the axity of its morals, in
duced six hundred couples to get married, and
nine thousand persons partook of the Lords
Supper.
The Augusta National Republican says, we are
officialy informed that so far as heard from, the
number Of persons registered in Georgia is some
thing over $4,000. We assume that 3 convention
in Georgia is no longer matter OF doubt.
Young man. in Portland, Maine, recently com,
mitted suicide by shooting himself the night be-
fore the one set for his wedding. He left letter
stating that he could not muster up the courage
necessary to assuming the responsibilities of q
married man, so he quietly shot himself.
NAPOLEON III, well known to be great as an
artillerist, has invented fowGng-piece of wonder
full power. In using it here is no need of taking
sight, simple leyeing of the gun insuring the
certain destruction Of the bird which has risen
and making it dangerous for those which still lie
perdu. The workmen employed in making this
extraordinary weapon are locked up night and day
lest they should reveal the scores OF its construc
ton. L. n. evidently aspires to higher notch
han the Admirable CREIGHTON occupied.
It is stated in the Hagerstown Herald that the
Governor and his staff of New York, the Governor
and his staff of Connecticut, the Governor and his
staff of Maryland, and the Mayor and City Council
of Chicago, have accepted invitations extended
them to be present at the dedication OF Antietam
Cemetery on the 18th instant. 1t is expected that
the President Of the United States and heads of
departments will also be present. Ex-Governor
BRADFORD, of Maryland, will deliver the Grafton,
Ex-Governor CURTIN, Of Pennsylvania, who was
first selected having declined on account Of ILL
health.
On Wednesday last, the 2Sth inst, JOHN
McGREER and CHARLES KINNEY of Kelly Island,
near Sandusky, swan race in Lake Erie, from
Kellys Island toward the main land at Marble
I,etor Topr y,oi1ou ord half Whpn fhQv
had swan three miles hrSNEy was 30 far behind
that he gave up and got into u boat. McGREER
kept on and reached Marble Head in just two
hours and half, making the entire distance with
out halt or rest. He smoked, chewed tobacco,
drank wine and sung songs on the way, and at the
end seemed very little fatigued This is the most
remarkable swimming feat on record.
It is given out that CHARLES SUMNER has ad-
dressed letter to an important parsonage here
earnestly warning the Radicals against GRANT.
The letter charges duplcity and conservatism
upon the General, and hurls several Latin and
Greek denunciatons at his head for his abetting
Secretaryship. GRANT is said to be exceedingly
annoyed at the insinuations Of SUMNER and GREE
LEY, and in consequence of the 7f1bune's impu-
dent assaults upon him. cherishes an antipathy
toward all newspaper men, which has proved
fatal to the enterprise Of the correspondents who
have within few days had occasion to visit
him.
The Honolulu Aduert,ser, speaking of Lieut..
BsooKE's soundings between San Francisco and
the Sandwich Islands, says: "About three hun
dred miles west Of the Golden Gate he found q
submarine range of mountains, running parallel
with the Sierra Nevada range, the depth Of water
ON which was about two miles on an average,
while the lowest depth reached did not exceed
three miles. The project Of an ocean telegraph
between Europe and America had been then talk
cd of, and Lieutenant Brooke had sounded the
route He said, while here in 1858, that there
would be vastly less difficulty in laying down a
cable between these islands and the California
coast than between Ireland and Newfoundland.
It is stated that radical change in the manner
of collecting the whiskey revenue tax will be re-
commended at the next session Of Congress, en-
bracing proposition to dispense with the offices
OF inspectors, detectives, &C.. and providing that
each whiskey still shall be taxed TO the amount Of
its capacity. An Inspector or gauger Of stills will
be ordered to measure their capacity, after which
the proprietor can obtain from the collector Of the
district q license to run them for q week, month
or year, as they choose to select, which license
must be paid for in advance. The cost of the
changed license will, Of course, amount to the
present tax ON the manufactured article. It is
believed that by this method the government will
be enabled to collect ten times as much tax as it
now does and will at the same time protect honest
distillers.
An English paper says: The disappearance of
all the four moons Of Jupiter on Wednesday night
proved an object of attraction to all astronomers,
because Of the rarity OF the phenomenon. From
the number Of clouds about, the evening proved
very unfavorable. At Twickenham Observatory
Mr.. J. R. HIND, watched for the disappearance of
each moon, but did not see the phenomenon in
sny single instance Several times after the moons
had disappeared, Jupiter was seen apparent
ly without his satellites, through openings in the
clouds, the great length of time the disappearance
lasted, apparently from 1904 P. NJ. to 11:4s p NJ,
fsvoring observers in this respect. When the
phenomenon was previously seen, on the 9th
September, 1s4S, Jupiter appeared without satel-
lites only from 11:59 P. NJ. to 1928 A. NJ.
The Paris Magazine amuses its readers with
discourse on soap, and especially the famous Mar
ssilles soap, which deies adulteration. This kind
is made in cubical cakes, whose foundation color
Of white or yellow is varied by lines Of pale or
bright blue These veins are made by the addi-
ton in the soapboiler Of some sulphate of iron for
the pale blue or peroxide OF iron for the brighter
color. (This is the statement of the Paris Maga-
sine.) These substances being extremely heavy,
can only remain in suspension in the soap if that
is of certain consistency. If dishonest manu-
facturer attempts to add too much water the
minerals sink to the bottom, and the soap is not
msrbled. So these veinings are the freak of no
fancy on the part of the manufacturer, but the
certificate Of good quality to the washerwomen,
who accordingly prize them highly,
The Paris exhibition palace is announced for
sale, and all the constructions of that marvellous
mark with it. 1t seems to have been OF little use
to have made so much effort to describe it, now
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