The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-16
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NEWS SUMMARY.

hlS cents farc instead OF iiro, allowed by their
charter, is characterized NJ sic cciiicr iyrdRRIa.
Her Majcsty IluIkoK-JuIKou, tho Queen OF the
Society Islands, in company with her suite, has
just arrived in Paris TO visit tho Exposition.
II is undcrsto M That Tho merchants do not this
yoar intend 10 oler tho usual pr MUM TO tho first
ship from China with the seasons tcaa. Hence
thcro will DO no racing.
Tho man whose sleep would cost Tho mosl IN sai,l
to bU tho lainpigter or Paris. whore tho estirnat-
cd coat of lighting thociy is Two thousand francs
pcr minutn.
Ono DANIEL. MoxIl:Y, from Graysnn n member
OF tho "Rcd Strings" carried into Wythcyc, va.
n wagon load OF liquor, which ho tried TO sell
without paying tho tax. lTs Wagon, horses and
liquor, have all been confiscatcd.
Tho lowest estimate lnatlc ior tho cypcnsc of
registration in Arkansas, is eight hundred and
ninety thousand dollars 1880 ,GOO). On Tho same
basis the entire cost of registration in tile South
will bo fifteen million dollars.
A San francisco journal of n recent date says
tho agricultural districts wcrc never seemingly 80
prosperous ut tlis time. New towns and settle
inonts arc sprinGipg UP NIL over tho country, and
tho old ones supported by the farming interests
nro wonderfully improving in wealth and business.
Tho Tonsns (La.) Gazette gnya that tho cholera
has appeared OH some OF tho plantations Of that
parish, greatly donora1izng tho laborers. Tho
caterpillar hns appeared in tho cotton. Many OF
tho planters are preparing to cmigrato, ns ihoy
no prospect OF speedy regeneration Of tho in
dusiry OF that section Of tho State.
There is good news for tca-tlrinkcrB. A dispatch
from India announces that the leo markets in
China hnro opened nj prices ouc-thirtl lower Than
ut tho opening OF last year. The len merchants Of
London 'ri'" have been holding back their sl,r,-
plies in the hope Of rai..e r-;rna have il is said
received udvccs TO realize.
A marble bust Of LINCOLN, executed in Italy at
cost OF fvo hundred dollars, is exposed to public
Yiow ut Cincinnati, aud will aoon be placed i'll
handsome Gothic shrine ut Lincoln Park. The
bust is represented "a work OF great merit but
tho Commercial gives n decided preference to tho
bust oIecuod by THOMAS JONES, far ns coll
Germs fidelity to tho original
A Paris letter reports that NJ. DEDEAuz DE SAL
pArEsNA, Of tho 1fomoria, Dimomatique, 10 left
literary executor to MAMMALIAN, and ia about TO
publish biography of his brief life. NJ. DE- SAL
DApENNa had already begun the work before tho
arrangement of MIRAMoN WINS concluded, and he
has recently received documents which will nearly
load him TO the cn,l of tho life OF tho Prince.
In England gang of persons purporlmS 10 be
laborcrs, havo for sonlo tim, been imposing upon
tho credulity of antiquaries by tlking about sup
posed relics, which they aIlcge 10 have found in
urn wbilo they wero digging near Windsor. Aficr
thoy had disposed of large number Of things it
was discovered that thoso articles wcro made OF
modern cast brass, covered with green oxidation
to givo thcln nh appearance of antiquity.
Marco PAcHA, physcian-in-chief to the
Sultan, and director general OF tho medical
department of tho Turkish army, is Greek,
educated in France. To speaks the lnn-
guago with tho purcat Parisian accent and ~ Tho
roughly acquainted with the details oil military
medical administration. Ho holds tho high rank
OF general Of division, and it is understood is
much in tho confidence of the Sultan.
Tho Melbourne Argts, of May 81, says: "a
curious instance of tho manner in which natives
OF o country sometimes collect in groups in tho
settlement 'of colony is exhibited in Albury,
where some seventy or eighty families OF Germans
havo latoly arrived from different parts OF South
Australia, and sottln,l OIL tho land and aro to be
followed by about sevcn hundred or eight hun
dred families of tho same nationality"
About forty thousand pounds of fossil ivory, That
is to say, tho tusks OF ut least ono hundred man,
moths, arc bartored for every year in Now Siberia,
tRoghB &e iavd al 5 tch disposed .rHS Of ns ncrsns .
oven twice that number, since only two hundred
pounds Of ivory in calculated as tho average
weight produced by pair of tusks.
little girl, daughter OF DIR. +. ". WALL, of
Hanpsihro County, Va, ten years old, was bitten
by rattlcsnako in her fathers garden. While
reaching for etono with which to strike tho
snake, the poisonous reptile sprang at her dis
tanco of Gvc feet, inserting it's iangs in tho hand
OF the child between the thumb and forcfinror.
BY tho timely application Of proper remedies tho
life of the child was sayod
Between tho 18th OF AIny and Tho 18th of
Juno last there arrived Mt San Francisco tbo
following vessels with Chinese passengers:
Tho ship 7ennyson, with list of dli5:
Gem Of The Ocean 25s Garland, 291: Ellen
SouLta'd, 3Gs; Free Trade, 442; CdiiJorn,a, 4s5,
and the Chelsea, with AL, making q total of 272O
In the samo timo say $50 returned to China in tho
Colorado, giving net increase OF 237O Chinese
population. Thoro woro duo OIL tho 18th rl,imo
four ships from ports iu China.
Tho Red River Nor IKcsicy. is much disturbed
by tho report that tho Hudson Bay COMPANY pro
pose to soil to the Yankees all tho fertile region
comprised in the Assinniboin and Saskatchewan
valleys, and, in petition to tho homo government
to avert this calamity, says that unless tho scheme
is defeated mot throe years would clapse before
railway communication would bo extended from
Minnesota to Red River, and tho Northwest terri
tory bo overrun by population OF not lcss than
500 900 American citizens"
In repaving ono Of tho strocts in Portland Mo
lnst week, one of tho workmon dug ND very sim,
gulnr silver coin. It had tho Goddess of Liberty
on one side, surrounded with stars; tho opposilo
side bore an eaGlo, md OH tho circle were the
words "Unitcd States of America" Underneath
we're tho words Quarter Dollar" It has been
exhibited 10 several OF tho oldest citizens who
think They hayc seen, in former days, similar
coins. The Street Commissioner has il in his pos.
session.
There has just died European sovereign, OF
whom very littlo notice WA taken, vet HENRY
LXYI.; OF ReuRs Schlct2, wna tho oldest soycr-
eign in Europe. Ho was model ruler in his WAY;
no granted constitutions ut his pleasure and in
his displcasure withdrew them. iIo was lt re-
representation OF HEINE's Prince WHO had To
cross tho boundaries Of his domain to turn his
horse around. He Ind an army of 907 mon nomi-
nally; in reality about half that number. Tho
number Of his subjects was 50 O8O and his revenue
$4,000
There is an Express" case in tho courts ut sy1a-
cuso, Now York. During tho examination OF ono
OF tho witnesses last week, the following facts
werc elected: "That tho $9,000 900 capital of tho
present American Expross Company was mado up
as follows The members Of tho Danbors Expresa
Company paid in 81, 200, and tho old American
Express Company TUNED in tho property of tho
company'to tho sAmo amopnt, md tho balance of
the $4,000, ,o00-yiz: s7,10O, ,OO0-was issued in
stock to members Of Tho old company for their
good will; tho balance Of tho property OF tho old
company, hftor tho 81 800 600 wns tnrnod nrcr IN