The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

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NEWS SUMMARY
The Liverpool cotton market had downward
tendency. lidding Uplands quoted on the otn a.
14td.
Gold closed in New York at 1879. Cotton vas
quoted at So, for Middlng Uplands.
Pork has been selling in upper East Tennessee
for six cents per pound, and corn for hfty Genus
per bushel. q
Paris has no lace curtains large enough 1or tne
windows of the White House at washington aliu
some are being made to order.
CHARLES ANpERsEN, an Incorporate woodsawyer
~ Fairfield lows, has fallen heir to fortune OF
$1,000 in Sweden. ~,
New Haven has an ice boat, the Ma''ae 4. Doaa'
which can r,4 ith safety on ice four inches thlck'
and make seventy miles an hour. She Is thirty
+ fet long.
Where month ago there was nothing at
noint on the Union Pacific Railroad, there ls no"
= settlement Of over Eve hundred persons.
A single lode in Nevada is turning out more sll-
ver a.d gold annually than did the famous mines
Of potosi in their palmies, days, and which at one
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time built up city of LEO, 900 inhabitants
There has been q large number OF heavy 1aA-
,,,raa among the speculators who focked to van
conyer Island and general exodus is talked OF.
rhe Losses IN one week reached ovsr million
A little girl, who was amusing herself by Dig
qine up the ground with stick, II yard IN Mell-
phis, dug up package containing tn'rss 's'.1 -si1
small but very fine diamondB.
Q. On Monday last, nearly half q busheL OF counter
felt afty-cent postal currency was found stre"eo
along Woodward avenue, in Detroit. 1t was PEI!
Ifectly new and is said to have been well executed
The Clinton county (Mo.) Register claims tnat
Clinton county has = population OF 5000, ana mas
i less criminal docket than any county IN the etate
sTh;a "a accounted for thus: There are but 1our
Radicals in that county.
In the State Library, at Richmond, Va, may %
aean a curiosity in tho shape Of piece OF white
nine nlank in the heart Of which is perfect rep
.resantation of human leg and foot, complete IN
It's proportions as well as color.
The Canadian government las awarded pensions
and pratuities to the volunteers who hanereo oy
raason OF the late Fenian invasion. The ,ratultles
range from $50 to s204, and the pensions nom
twenty cents o day to $500 q year.
The evidence given in regard to one OF the re-
cent coIhery explosions in England show that the
man Nere III the habit Of smoking in the pit, and
! they carried duplicate ksys, BY means otwm l
: they coula open the safety lamps. ~. So,
- The Scarcy (Arkausas) Record ss5s negro Wo.
man and her child, while passing along mountain
road il White county, about fortnight ago, were
ot1.aa nd apt
Record .says .he country is swarming with these
ravenous creatures. .sfsz.s.iszs-:z
at Christmas there were to be seen IN the open
air at Bonohnrch, at the back Of the Isle OF Wlght
broad beans III full bloom and green peas IN mower
and pod; also great many strawberries Ia ho~er
and huitng, large new potatoes, and hehotrope n !
bloom. -
Aver important trade has sprung up IN North
StaHore1shire, England, which promises to assume
large proportions It is the extraction OF oil rom
ahaie material found in profuaion near the ron
s stone seams, and which only short time ago was
thought to be not only yalualess but an actual M
: cumbrance. s5sss
a Madrid letter in the Independence Beige re-
marks that .sthe public education in Spain is very
backward, as may be imagined from the fact that
ont of total Of Y, ,157 municipal Councillors no
Lass stltan ,47s are unable to read or write.
$ Among the number are included 422 Mayors and
9s8 Deputy Mayors. = -
The Nashville Gazette states that military steps
have been taken for the erection Of fitting monu-
.m,ant: over. the remains Of General CLE1BuRE.
The estimated cost is s25, 900, and Large sums have
already been subscribed. Mr. F. ". RuDD, OF Pu-
iaaiti: Tenn. intends canvassing to complete the
subscription. 4. 81 Il. ,.ssss 81 IsG:9!
"A washington correspondent says: SIT is dread
Ito sit in either Of the galleries at the Capitol
The colorsd population, or both sexes are sand
wichea in between the white folks, and there is q
streak Of lean and streak Of fat all around, with
S an odor equal to that OF q slaughter house"
The state Commissioners on ths Hoosao Tunnel
in massachusetts, have advertised .for proposals
Tor continuing the work at both the eastern and
western approaches, and in sinking the central
shaft, which has yet to go nearly GOO feet deeper
before the grade will be- reacued, and 1880 feet be-
low the,sui- acc. -
The costiiest watch that was ever made is said
{ to- have byen one which was constructed IN 1916
for the sultan ABDUL MEDJD, who must have
found It rather inconyenient, since it was hye
inches in diameter, and struck the hours and
,ouartars on wires With the sound resembling that
ofa powerful cathedral clock. It cost 1900 ganeas
Mr.. GEORGE PEABoDY has written letters to seve-
Al q, eminent gentlemen from different States, ap-
nointine Them the trustees Of fund Of sl2 GOO
which he has donated to the South for educatlonal
PURPOSES. ,li q We WINTHROP, Of Massachusetts, Is
the Chairman Of the Board Of Trustees. The
Hon. x. AIKEN, Of South Carolina, being one OF
: the Board. {. s1z;;sss IT.; -
The memorial to be distributed among the Prus-
san conbatauts in the successful campaign is just
being turned out by the founders. 1t consists OF
/. CROSS cast from the metal Of Austrian guns, aud
bearing on one side the following inscription =
.aod Was With us, to Him be the praises" and on
the reverse, ssKoniggratz, July 8, 1856. y
During the process OF e1inguishing the IRE In
the coIiery Of Claokmannan, near Stirling, Eng
land, In 1851 about 600 cubic feet OF carbonlc
acid gas ware required to fill the mine, and con-
tinnous stream OF impure carbonic acid was kept
M night and day for about three weeks
The mine extended over o surface OF tWenty-slx
acres, and has been thirty years on fire.
last week. on tie railroad above Chattanooga,
mass Of rock weighing several tons, detached by
Frost from the side off the mountain, fell on the
track, and became SO deeply imbedded that it
could not Be removed but by blasting; before this
vas accomplished a passenger train came IN col
isEon With 1t md was thrown down the embank-
ment, but fortunately no lives were lost
The marble statue Of HENRY CLAY with it's pc
pestal, winch was executed in Italy by HAaT, the
Kentucky sculptor, has arrived at New York. 1t
will SOON reach the capital, and will ne placed III
the position designed for it in tho Court House.
The Inauguration ceremonies will take place on