The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-03
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NEWS SUMMARY.

unchanged.
With GRANT in tho wnr Department, BurIEns
broech-loading rifle contract is likely to com" to
grioH
BY the latest official reports in Groat Britain, it
appears that tho English race grows in those !
islauds ut tho rate of 1000 day. |
An exchange thinks tho pows Of some OF tho |
churches ought to res pivots, no that tho occu
pants could SEQ who comes in without straining
their nccks.
A dirk story goes that kegs of old nails arc
thrown into tho Saratoga Springs at night to Be
euro tho flavor. Gluo and maokercl skins aro also
hntol at.
Tho Spanish Goyornnont appears TO be expect
ing revolution. Ships OF war scour tho coasts,
especially of Catalonia. Constant arrests tako
place on land.
Havana has found now source OF rovonue
Some 81 900 cock fights tnko place thoro ovory year,
and by imposing lconso OF 500 por day on tho
fighters, noat lttlo sum will bo obtained. Thero
is 100000 invested in that business i'll Havana.
At o recent Saratoga hop Miss FANNY W-N, Of
Boston, 'Tho Exquisite" appeared in short
skirt mado up Of various colorcL ribbons, scwcd
together lengthwiso high whto waist; heavy
cherry colorod sash jaunty blue volyet emp OIL
ono s:do Of her head. Hair negligent.
Tho Lord Mayor OF London has determined to
apportion tho f2500, tho gift of tho Sultan to tho
London poor, among such Of tho humane nstitu-
tions deal moro immediately with tho homeless
aud destitute poor, rather than attempt to distrb
ute 1t himself among individuals.
wel known steamboat captain Oh tho Alabama
river, who has boon rusicnting in tho vicinity Of
Montgomery, writes to friend i'll Now Orleans
Drop Of sSaEJfRsst lively winter; that tho largest
ono OF this year, judging by tho fySS S't GuEG 90 .o
through which ho has travelled, and which he has
examined.
a valuable collection Of living animals for the
Geological Society Of London has arrived from Cal
outta 1t consists Of two Of tho largo wild Indian
cattlo caod gnyals, Panoa deer, two flne Indian
Pelicans, four dcmosee cranes, q Himalayan bad.
ger, two black Tibctan wolves, and other aun,als
altogether upward Of twenty in number. Most Of
them are presents 10 tho society from it's corrcs.
ponding members in Indin.
1t pays now-n-days 10 invent popular Toy and
to make it Hen we'll. Tho person who invented tho
common street toy known aB tho ''loturning ball
is snid to have realized s100, 600; the "always
wound-up-top" realized $4,000. Tho inventor ol
tho "wnlking doll" which was so fashionable Q
few years ago, mado $4,000 by his patent. The
dancing "Jim Grow" toy, introduced few years
ago, was invented by oil invalid boy and won
fortune.
Tho Georgetown tTeIas) Wdtchman says :
Hanson county, full, fat and Hne. Tho samo ma,
bo said Of this county, in fact Of every county
Texas. PerhapB a million fat bcoyos could be re
: moved from this State without endangcring til,
aupply for homo use, and TO tho great boncfit o
the range, which is beginning to be ovcrstockot
in many counties. Tho increase exceeds tho con
sumption everywhere"
Whilo tho army woIm is doing incalculablt
damage in lowor Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas
the reports from tho cotton crops in Tennessee
are favorable. The Nashville Banner of the 9th
ult., aayH that the present crop makos finer dis
play OF superior staple than that of any previous
aoHson for years. Tho fino quality Of tho cottor
is especially spoken Of, which is partly attributed
to the agricultural skill of tho Tennessee planters
It s probably also duo to tho fact that tho system
of small farming is moro prevalent in Tcnncsse,
than in tho Cotton States" proper.
A method Of making use Of fowls recently do
visod in Franco, is said to bo OF great agriculture
chine aloud bo Kept on ofety farm wiscf Ie.d T;
fowls, and should bo transferred oyery dav In m,
spot where tho most active farming operation,
are being carried The fowls would lhen fol
low tho plough and harrow, clear tho land tho
roughly of fly and worm, pick up all tho stra,
grain after harvest, keep themselves high il
health, and feed themselves without cost
Milan lettor says :" Tho magnificent covered
gallory leading from the Piazza del Ducmo to tlt
Piazza dello Scala, is to BIO inaugurated toward
tho end OF the prcsont month. This psssaas i,
tho largost and finest in Europe, and will, whcr
finished, have cost tWenty-H millions of francs
for alto and construction. Tho work has boor
executed by on English company. Tho King will
probably bo present at tho opening, as his Majcs-
ty laid the frat stone in April, 1864. Tho same
company is about to commence the reconstruc-
ton, according to magnificent p!an or tho
entiro Piazza dol Duomo"
Tho number OF teegraphio dispatches received
at the central station in Paris has incroased 40
considerably that tho administration, finding il
impossible to acnd them by porters in NIL dircc
tions 10 their respective destinations. has adontca
plan for the speedy transmission OF lottcrs. A
continuous series Of iron tubes siIty-ye miIliIno
tres, two and q hAlf inches in diameter. has becp
Iaid down from the central office IN tho Rus de
dreneite St. Germain to tho Hotel des Postos and
BACK again to the central Office. Each cylinder
mhy contain as many as forty dispatches, and a
new one is sent of every ton minutes.
In 1865 the imports into tho Australian colenios
reached f85 1000, aud tho exports ESQ ooO nm
Within tho last sixteen years New South W,Iea
and Victoria hayo yielded S150,00O, 600 worth of
gold, and New South Waos has produced 1 ,o00-
700 tons OF COAL South Australia has also, within
'no iaSt ten years, exported 70 000, 600 worth Of
copper. Tho Tonnage Of vessels which arrived at
Australasinn ports in 1865 was 1000 900. md a
aimilnr amount of tonnage loft those ports during
the samo period. Forty years ago the number OF
horsos, cattlo and sheep in Australia was undor
4NoOo; tho number is now nearly IS 100000.
Advices from Europe announce the death from
cholora, on tho 11tli instant, at Albano near Romo
OF Cardinal LOUIS ALTIEnI. The deccased VIVA da
scended from On anciont and princely house. and
was tho brother OF tho present Prince CLEMENT
ALTIEnr. He was born in Rome on tho 17tb of
July, 1906, and was created cardinal priest in
1s45, by his Holineps Popo GREoonY XVI, with
the tuo of Santa Marin del Portico. Cardinal
ALr1EnI wns also Bishop OF Mbano, First Cham
berlain Of tho Pope, President of tho Council Of
Finances, and Grand Chancellor of the Uniyors;tv
OF Home. He was most learned and pious
divine. H
dispatch from Omaha, giving further parlic,1
lars OF tho fight at Fort Phil Koarnoy a abort
time aimee, says tho Indians, after two or tbroo
attacks In small parties tied thor horses 10 tho
timber and stripped themselves naked and fought
on foot, surrounding tho corral, which was do.
fendod with tho mont determined bravery. Manv
OF the Indians woro killed within thirty paces Of
the dofcnccs. Tho coonoss and skillrul handling
OF their breecEl-loaders tho only thngs which
sayed tho whites from complete destruction. Tho
light ragged with intense fury for two and half
hours, when tho appearance Of Colonel S,,rru with