The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed in New York at. 1S44sa1s42.
The Cotton market in New York was easier.
Mddfng Uplands 20. 9.,-,.z-
Cotton closed in Liverpool at an advance Of I'd.
Middling Uplands I'D.
The Hebrews 10 New York are about to establish
an Insurance Company with o very large capital.
patriarch in Arkansas, 104 years old, can shoot
rifle with unfaihng accuracy.
The Sultan's eunuchs cost him about l. SOC, 600
piastars month.
The FAnER family have been making lead pencils
since 1870.
Two lady compositors in Che Portland Advertiser
Office were the first. in Maine to set q thousand
ems each toward the fund to erect monument to
ARrEMUs WARD.
The Durham cheese factorv at Montrealla last year
turned out 1 toms. the product Of 900 COWS, which
Was sold at an sverage of 128 cents per pound. The
factory is conducted on the cooperative plan.
It is estimated that the population Of Iowa was
swelledat leasi; sixty thousand by immigration
during 1866. This number will probably be ex-
ceeded during the present year.
Sheep, in Germany. before being sheared, are
rubbed in vats Of very warm water, with potash
After cooling, water Is sprinkled over them until
the wool is white, and they then kept in clean
and warm shelter until dry enough for shearing.
"A gun weighing 98,s15 POUNDS, with twenty inch
bore, arrived II. Jersey City the other day by the
New Jersey Railroad, from Pittsburg, where it
was made. It is intended for one Of the fortifca-
lions in New York Harbor.
It definitely settled that the maritime or COM
merciaF German flag shall consist Of three stripes
-black-whiteI this being q combination Of the
old Hanseatic colors, red-white, with the Prussian
colos, black-vlnte. q i&el
The Lawrence (Kansas) Journal says that I'M
migration is beginning to pour in. The cars, both
on the main lime and Leayenworth branch, coming
West loaded with people looking for locations
nKansas.5 = 9 - - .--. :. :. -.
i The Avery Island Iouisiana) salt mine is said
TO- be- the finest in the world. The mine is inex-
hansible,7 and the material pure as crystal, con-
tanning ninety-nine per cent. of pure salt. 1t has
awmking company with capital Of s., 100000.
EtafAHoMMED E.nR P1oHA, the Turkish Minister Of
Police, died recently at the advanced ageo Of one
hundred and rine years: He started in the SER
vice eas aS priWIte jsnissary, and gradually worked
ships and finally to the post vacated by his death.
~ Some time ago stney started Q female seminary
{ in Salt Lake city. H hourished well, but in the
height Of he prosperity the Mormon principal
aloped with and married" the whole school! For
&he benefit ii our fair readers; we would state that
this is q mere rumor, and later advioes from Utah
have not confirmed it.
The Damar Swamp Canal IN ii Virginia and North
Carolina, is being dredged and deepened. It's
Ridth is alsp TO- be- increased from forty feet to
sixty, and lbs locks extended tkenty five feet.
When these improyewe ents are completed, it will
accommodate, ten times the present amount OF bu-
ness. =. s.s = go esis%;s 6
:sThe' schensctady (N.Y.) Star sayss: !" Tons Of
butter are passing down on the railroads.. Some
1f It hss.beea held FOR long time, and, after be-
hops OF further advance safety in longor keep
ing, it must be sold toavod LOSSES This, we sup
pose IS the's strong butter frequently sold BY our
aucioneers.
Cats are apimals of which the supply generally
e1ceeds the demand. It is not so, however, just
atmeasnt aF Lnzmne, IN Switzerland, where the
cats are quoted as sscarce;" and are said to be-
selling alta highprice ii consequence Of malady
that has greatly thinned their numbers. The
head Of the animal, when attacked, swell rapidly,
7trefuses alL nouriahment and soon dies.
.Acotemporary remarks seif the public knew one
half oftha trash that enters into the gomposition
of what iB commonly sold ssss' ground coffee, they
would be struck with astonishment and disgust
The remark holds good not as to coffee alone for
7t is equally applicable to most Of the prepared
ARTICLES offered insuch perfection, alleged cheap!
ness and abundance. "a t5ss.1 - !:
The gramhopper invasion Of Kansas and Westf
ern Missouri, last fall, will be remembered. The
st. Joseph MO- Herald now says the farmers IN
that city are living in dread Of return, OF rather
. recurrence, Of the invasion. They are dispnteds
1are not trade, incur any EXPENSE sor act upon the
idea that they are this fall to reap the reward of
their spring labors. This fear actually has very
depressing influence upon BUSINESS.
= In the Supreme Court, Circuit, Palt2, New York,
in the case If WIN. A. sANsoRNr us. SIAs G. HER
RING ct al, a:yerdict was rendered for the defend
ant. The action was brought by the plaintiff to re-
cover 81, 800, which had been stolen from safe
purchased by him from the defendants agent at
Chicago, under representations that it was burglar
proof The safe was broken into by sledging the
spindle OF; the knob on the outside Of the chest.
Secretary SEWARD has issued circular letter to
1he Consular agents and Ministers Of the United
States, ststtoned at ports likely to- be visited BY
General SHERMAN's expedition to the Holy Land,
eommending the General and his party to their
consideration, and intimatng that any attention
paid to HIN by foreign States will be gratefully ap
swecisted by the Government. The Secretary Of
:tthe Navy has given orders to supply the Quaker
Oats-tias vessel inwhich the party sais-with ar
tillery. and flags to be used in saluting.
A correspondent of the st. Louis Republican,
who has been on visit to some newly discovered
51ead mines in Missouri, writes that lead has been
found in large and paying quantities in various
localities, snd as q consequence the mineral e1-
scitement lis very high. The richness Of tlio coun-
fry in mineral wealth cannot fail to be developed
ina short time. The rough and rocky ridges along
4he watercourses appear to be full Of lead, and it
only requires capital and labor to find it in paying
quantities.
An interesting salvage case has been argued be-
fore the Unite States District Court OF Brooklyn,
Eastern District, in which the 4Sd Regiment (col
pred infantry claim twothinds Of the value Of the
steamer lferTinaac, for having kept her afoat by
constant baiing and excessive labor while on
BOARD OF her as passengers from New Orleans to
New York IN 1866. The vessel sprung Leak it
appears, when about two hundred and ten miles
from theme Of the Mississippi, and required
all the e1ertions Of the crew, working by reliefs
1nder the charge Of their officers, to save her.