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

ME- WS ~ M A<A4s As
Cotton in New York quiet, Midd!ing Uplands
264 cents.
Gold closed 3ss.
1t is reported that the old church leader,
SANTA ANNA, was shot at Sisal on the 25th ult.
The skeleton Of q small dog, having on the
neck collar Of pure gold, was dug up in Port
land, Maine, .. few days since.
Walrussia, whore the day is now twenty-four
hours long, is the only place in the United
States where SUMNER speech can be read in
. day.
The Hudson River has been fully stocked
with carp or goldfish. They originally got
into the river from private pond at New
berg.
Ton years ago the number Of working horsos
in New York city amounted to some $4,000;
tre years ago it had increased to 10000, and
Is now estimated at 10000.
The wreck Of the rebel gunboat Jeff: Thomp-
son, sunk in the battle Of Memphis, has been
blown up. The wreck of the Bsauregard will
next be blown up.
The total loss of the Austrian army in the
late war with the Prussians, was "a, ,041 officers
and men, or more than one-ffth Of the men
put into the field.
The degree of Mistress of English Literature
has been conferred on Miss AUGUSTA J. EVANS,
author Of "Mscaria," "Beulah," etc., by the
p.,.;vno~. Fomslo Colleoa
MAoDoxALD, the sculptor, who made such fine
portrait busts Of JOIN VAN buren, and CHARLES
OCoxoR, is modelling ife-sized female figure,
which he calls Sonnambula.
), Seventy three years ago the first boat started
from Cincinnati up the Ohio. It was bullet
proof; equipped with two cannon and small
arms. The round trip to Pittsburg was made
in four weeks.
:. The dinner given to the President on board
the Naval School ship in Boston harbor, in
eiadsd peaches at $1s dozen, and grapes at
S. pound, one cluster Of four pounds cost
ing $40.
Ex-Confederste General LOUIS I. -W1arAIL,
formerly United States Senator from the State
sf Texas, is about entering upon the practice
Of law in Englsrdin connection with American
cases. i 1900 n. = 80
A new attempt win be made to connect Eu-
rops and America by cable. This time it will
be eandertaken by . French American Compa-
n.y. which viii lay . cable between Brest and
souae point ON the American coast. ''-
In Portland, Me-, the liquor business is 8
thing of the past. All the old resorts on Fore
street are closed. One Of them has put up the
following placard: "Bar taken out; prayer
meeting At four o'clock"
A memorial Of JOHN GIBSON has been placed
near his grave in the Protestant cemetery at
Rome. This comprises medallion, with the
portrait Of the deceased sculptor in profile, the
work ef his pupil, Mr.. srrscE, and an epitaph
written in feeling terms by Lord LHrroE.
It l. stated that great, alarm exists among
tie whites between Forts Yankton and Ran
dan, OF account of an expected raid Of Indians.
Vigilsscs Committees have been organized at
Julesburg, the western terminus Of Che Union
Pacific Railroad, for the protection Of the per
sons and property Of che citizens.
NAroIxos and the Sultan are reported to be
distant cousins. The Emperor's mother was
. dsughtsr oflJosrrH1xE BY her frst husband,
while sds Sultan's grandmother VAS cousin Of
JosrSHms, having been captured by an Alge-
rine corsair and sent TO the seraglio at Con-
stintinople. % fE 30, as5 - 80
There L remarkable artificial fountain at
Bennington, Vt The water il brought In q
six.inoh pips from an elevation Of 825 feet and
ID thrown in m inch jststo the height Of 164
feet. The entire work. cost $4,000. The
eelebrsted fountain at Chstsworth, England,
throws 4 jst -only ninety feet high.
TAs steamer Ban Jahasoa has reached Omaha
from Fort Benton, with one hundred thousand
dollars IN gold dust. Twenty-Five hundred
stand If arms and battery Of artillery had
arrived at Fort Benton for use in the territory
sf Montana. No Indians had been seen in
Gsllstin Valley since the arrival Of General
Ns4saHK and the volunteers.
The Hartford Pre,s suggests that for the
soldiers, monument Of that town ''lofty and
massive ;belhy, towering even above our high
ct church spires, and containing clock and
ehinSs, would be novel and impressive.
Perhaps triumpha arch woud be more SO.
Neither Of these are to be found in any Ameri-
can town."
The sunhes. Pa,os made third trial trip in
Boston hsrbor on Wednesday, using petroleum
for fael. Tho trialwa even more satisfactory
than the previous experiments. The rate Of
twelve knots was made against wind and tide,
with : Prsssare- sf thirty-two pounds Of steam.
The vessel was fourtsen inches deeper in the
wassr tIaa on the previous trials, and was in
bad trim.
AMontreal dispatch says that "Confedera-
tion Day was celebrated everywhere in the
Dominion with rejoicing. Advices from the
maritime provinces, however, do not wholly
sustain this broad statement. Two newspapers
in Halifax, it would seem, appeared In mourn
ing, the national societies, Scotch and Eng
lish, refused to take part in the procession,
asgs Rsre shown At half-mast, and other signs
Of Dissatisfaction we're apparent.
The plsssantest feature Of the celebration Of
ths Fourth Of July in Philadelphia was the
banquet given by Mr.. en1IDs to those ena-
pleysd by him In the new Ledger building.
Editors, reporters competitors, clerks, press
men, feeders, carriers and newsboys were oil
gsnsroasb provided for. Five tables, accom-
modSsing Ave hundred persons, were set in the
press-room, and over hundred newsboys were
dined mths gallery. Several speeches were
made BY those who are among the veterans in
the Ledger establishment.
II Is one Of the curious facts connected with
the great exposition, that SO impressed are the
Engliss employers with the superiority Of the