The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-12
The la:ly Ne%a~
NEWS SUMMARY.
.0,a olosed IN New York at l5Ac.

BY the new law, the Queen is authorized TO pro-
rogue Parliament without any subsequent writ o,
commission. Her proclamation is hereafter to be
taken as sufficient notice that Parliament stands
prorogued to the day and place named init.
On the Emperors fete day, Madame PoIrEvIN
made balloon ascent at Marseilles, but the wind
suddenly veerinc round she was blown out to sea,
and only escaped by means OF vessel which went
out expressly after her. The balloon was unm-
jured.
There are in circulation at the South counterfeit
five cent pieces made of lead with coat of quick
silver. very skilfullv executed, and well calculated
to deceive. They may, however, be easily detect
ed by the difference of weight between the bogus
and the genuine.
One of the resolutions embodied in the Radical
platform in Pennsylvania is the following ::
''Resotued, That warned by past misfortunes, We
ask that the Supreme Court of the State be placed
in harmony with the political opinions of majori-
. ty Of the people,"
The Wilmington Post saws We have gratifying
accounts from nearly every portion of the State as
to the different crops. Rice is coming IN well and
generally heavier than before supposed. The cot
ton crop has improved wonderfully during the last
three weeks. In several localities the picking has
already commenced. The corn crop is of course
indifferent.
A ccroner's inquest was recently held in London
upon the body of an unknown woman, supposed to
be the illegitimate child of Scotch nobeman, who
for fifteen years had disguised herself as II man
Several witnesses testified to the completeness OF
the imposition. The surgeon who was with her at
her death said she had ''most masculine face,
and slight beard. Her hand was feminine.
Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON and Miss SUSAN
ANTHONY of New York, addressed very large
audience at Lawrence, Kansas, in favor OF female
suffrage. Mrs. SrANroN's argument in favor oi
equal rights is pronounced by the State journal
to be the finest Grafton ever delivered IN Kansas.
A vigorous canvass is being made in favor oi
striking cut the words white" and "male" from
the State Constitution.
The New York Tribune, of September Z, thus
speaks of the California elections: California re-
turns, which have grown worse daily, have at last
touched the lowest deph. The Democratic ma
jority on Governor is eight thousand the Legisa-
ture is gone, hook and line and, of course, a Uni
ted States Senator with it, and to ill the cup, We
are told that it is doubtful if single Republican
Congressman is chosen"
Mr.. w. BLANCHARD JERRoLD is about to publish,
by subscription, a History of Industrial Exhib-
tions" which will begin with the origin OF these
mammoth enterprises in 1851, and coming down
to- will include the present Paris Exposition. The
price of JERRoLDs work, which will appear in
twelve parts will be two guineas. AS the Prince
Of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and other
titled personages, head his subscription list, his
success in England may be considered certain
The Memorial Diplomatique says Senor Con
gALEs BRAVO Spanish Minister of the Interior, has
just received the insignia of the Golden Fleece.
There exist only ffty-seven decorations of this
class, the greater number of which have been
conferred upon foreign sovereigns and princes.
Marshal NARvAEz, Duke de Valentia, has possess
ed this order since 1S47. In Spain, in addition to
the royal family, thirteen grandees have received
the distinction.
CHARLES LAMB tells this characteristic story of
HAzIIrT: II took him to see very pretty girl,
where there were two young girls; the head and
sum Of the girlery was two Young girls they
neither laughed, nor sneered, nor giggled, nor
whispered, but they were young girls; and he sat
and frowned blacker and blacker indignant that
there should be such things as youth and beauty,
till he tore me away before supper in perfect
misery, and owned he could not bear young girls,
they drove him mad"
We are glad to learn that the committees ap-
pointed to take up subscriptions ON behalf of the
sufferers by yellow fever at Galveston are meeting
with liberal response An appeal now comes to
us from New Orleans. A mercantile firm of New
York received recently telegram from New
ing there and asking for immediate subscriptions
in aid of the howard Association, which is unre-
mtting in its of the sufferers but sadly needs
pecuniary assistance.
A large and enthusiastic meeting Of the citizens
of Harris County, Texas, was held at Houston on
the 10th of August, for the purpose Of founding an
'sAnti-Monopoly Cheap Freight Railway League"
Mr.. PETER B. GRAY addressed the meeting at con-
siderable length. He advocated the construction
of double track freight railway from Galveston,
Texas, to Fort Riley, Kansas distance Of four
hundred miles, the road to be open to everybody
who may wish to use his rolling stock on it, at
reasonable compensation.
The Hawaiian Gazette declares that the ceebra-
ton of the Fourth of July, by Americans in that
island can only be performed by the consent of
ers have no right to discuss the native politics.
doctrine against which the AduertiSer vigorously
protests. The Hawaiian Evangelical Association
has published report wherein the Queen is
urged to confer medical education upon num-
Der OF natives, in order to overthrow the charla-
tans who impose upon the people.
Naples letter august 22) to the Times says
"Even ON the confession of the journals of the
party OF action all attempts against the tranquility
of the Pontifcal States are given up for the mo-
ment, and GARIBALDI himself, writes an intimate
friend of the Generals, has recently made one or
Two moderate speeches. The tact is that with the
Romans unable or indsposed to rise, and with 49,
600 men on the frontier bound to defend what re-
mains of the Holy See against the incursions of
the volunteers, second thoughts are found to be
wisest"
A telegram was received III London, August q,
at the Board of Trade from Capt. TYLER, one of
the inspecting officers of that department, dated
Susa August &c, stating that he had on that day
crossed the Mont Cenis from st. Michel to Susa,
distance Of forty-eight miles, at an elevation of
670O feet above the level of the sea, with the fist
engine and train that had travelled over that route.
Tie Duke of VALLAMBRosA, Mr.. FELL, Mr. BRoG-
DEN, Mr.. BRUNLEEs and others were present. The
company propose to open the railway for traffic in
October next.
A correspondent Of the Pail Mall Gazette hopes
the tailors now on strike will devote their leisure
to acquiring the art of sewing on buttons He
saws: "As the cabman in one of Mr. LEEcH's social
Illustrations observed, The genteeercr the party
the worserer the tare,' so it may be omphatically
observed with respect to this matter of buttons,
the genteeler the tailor the worser the sewing
For country tailors pride themselves their sew
ing, and their buttons cling to their appointed
places for more months than the London tailors
adhere for weeks"
MIR. PEABODY in reply to an address and tes:i
mooial of English working men, said that in South |