The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-11
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NEWS SUMMARY.

Gold closed in Now York at 37t. NJ,
Cotton closed In New York nj 2Gia27c for Mid.
ding Uplands. ~
Cotton declined Id in Liverpool; Uplands II ID.
At tho childrcn's ball. in Paris, girl Of oloy6h,
Mlle NUNEz, woro SICK, 600 OF diamonds.
An ebony cabinet, inlnid with ivory, nnd intond-
cd fdr ildicB' boudbir; Is crhiblcd in tho Paris
Exposition. It's prico is $4,000.
Two frightful deaths from hyt,rophobia took
place In New Orleans last wock. The victims woro
children.
A gentleman In 81. Louis hos recovered $4,000
from the city for damages caused by falling into
cellar. .-8
somo OF tho temperance men In Connecticut arc
attacking the clorgy for using vino in tho COM
muaion. .v-
1t is announced that Polish gontloman Is now
on oil inspection tour in Toxns, designing TO select
the most favorable locality for farming, preparato-
ry to oil extensive mmig, alton OF his countrymen.
BAnNuM has sold his place ut bridgeport, "Lin-
doncroft," for $75,000 and loft tho State, which
had become quito too distas!oful to him snoo
tho election.
Much of tho Iand bordering tho st. john
river, in Florida, has beon purchased by Nor!horn
mon, who hnvo embarked in the cultivation Of
oranges.
Tho General Convention OF tho Now Jerusalom;
Church OF tho United States of America will COM
monco its forty y-oighth annual session in Cncin-
natl Thursday. =, l
Tho Momphis Post ro]oices over tho fact that
tho Common Council OF that city has passed. an
ordinance providing for tho paving Of overy prin-
opat street with tho Nicholson pavement.
A dscroet lawyer estimates that thero are about
fifteen hundred business houses in Memphis, aud
that at least soporhl hundred Of tho samo will
sooner later avail thomsolyos Of tho benefits Of
the Bankrupt Acts.
During yiolont "northor" at Indianola, Texas,
ON the goth ult, tho stoamshpL l. .. Harris parted
her fastenings, aud the little steamer Cecilia won't
down. Several sail boats were sunk, and 1t is
feared that many that woro out havo been lost
Tho British Government is still vainly trying to
Induce by nn measures short OF war, the Emperor
Of Abyssnia to liberate tho unfortunate mi,siona-
ries whom his Abyssinian Majesty. has imprisoned
out OF spite. because Queen Y1cronA has refused
bis offer Of marriage. ~ - t.;.ti. tII
Tho total production OF the worlds quicksilver
mines during tho past year was about 85 534 nasks
of which tho old Amadon of Spain aud tho Idrian
mines Of Austria supplied 80 0,625 while tho rom,n-
DER 45 0O9 TASKS, from thoI deposits Of Cali
fornia. :, l.
Among tho passengers from California 10 Colo
mol FRANK DIcKKn, Assistant Engineer OF tho lnto
Ruasian-Amurioan Telegraph. Hc In extensively
acquainted with tho coast OF our new possessions,
nnd is proceeding TO Washington, whore tho Gov
orunaent can obtain Of him much information.
Tho Board Of Registrars Tor th, First District OF
Now Orleans, hnre decided that man born in
California or Te1as before these States became an
uexod to tho United sIates, is foreigner, and
must tako out naturalization papers boforo he can
be considered q citizen OF the United States. Ei
A company Of United States soldiers Hont
from Petersburg to Danvilo on Thursday OF last
week. Tho Ilder gives tho reason for the
movement that tho negroes near Danvillo aro
ganizing military companies, and tho soldiers arc
sont to disband thoso already organized, and to
prevent tho formation Of others.
Tho local eloctons in wost Virginia which hayo
reoontly taken place show large conservative gains
and many'countios hayo been completely rovolu.
tionizod. ESory county In what is known as Pam
handle has given largo conservative msjorities,
and the great diminution In Radical strength Is
said to bo noticeable everywhere
0KonoE MILLER, o boy II years OF ago, who hss
boon o captive among tho Indians since 1865,
having effected his oscapo, is reported to have Ar
rived OF Denver City. He was captured by somo
rowing Blnckfeet, but nIterward was stolen from
them by tho Cheyennes BE. roporta that tho
Choyennes lac ID fyo whitowomen in captivity.
Tho Chassopot riao after firing ton rounds
quickly, becomes too hot to hold but the suider
nrm. It is said, has over and again been hrcd
so rapidly and eontnuourly that wato- Thrown
npon the barrel passes of in steam, and that the
atock has been actually charred, without my in-
convenience to the flrer, and without interfering
in any way with the efficiency or tho arm or am
munition. ,g,. ~ a'lt.'., II. n !,
The Sultan Of Turkey is making rather startling
preparations for his July visit to Paris. His suite
Is announced as consisting Of Ave hundred por-
BonB-throo hundred women and fifteen 6unuchs,
&c, &c. Whether these ladiea and gentlomen-we
moan hours and eunuchs-will bo lodged in the
Tuileries, along with the great Turk himself wo
have not yet loarned. Wo may be suro that no and
his suite will create greater sensation in Paris
than all tho Emporors in Christondom.
Tho British and Foreign Biblo Society circulated
two millions threo hundred and cighty.throe
Thousand throe hundred and eighty copies Of tho
Bible and portions OF the Biblo during tho last
year. From tho commencement Of tho society
fftJ-two million copies hayo boon distributed;
and forty million othor copies have boon distribute
ed by kindred socotios which have sprung fromit
or hnvo boon aided by It,, Theso have boon print
cd in one hundred and Bevonty languages, and in
two hundred and thirteen different versions. Wy Z"
Connecticut vital statistics show thattlie num-
ber Of births reported to tho State officers during
the year 1865 was 11,623, incroaao OF 1921 over
lB65;hnd 1889 over 1894: Tho boys had 62l ma
jority. Death last year was 4103 in tho minority
Inc Hnop nuIncer OF deaLnB DelnS only 352U, the
loast number since 1861. Tho number Of marri-
Ages in the State 1918, boing 61s moro than in
1851, and s71 moro than in 1864. Ono town reports
no marriages and another only one. Tho divorces
number sss. nearly one for overy ten marriages,
ratio that sugurs hoap Of domestic infcllcity in
tho land Of steady habits. at a.
The Norfolk journal states that tho catoh OF
herrings and shnd by tho North Carolina fisheries
is not largo this season as It was last spring.
Usually tho waters Of Albemarlo Sound are brack-
ish and tho fish seek tho fresh wators OF Roanoke
and Chowan rivers. Owing ito tho very hoavy
rains this spring, the waters ofthe Albemar!o
Sound were PERFECTLY froah, and tho fsh did not
have TO seek frcsh water beyond the Sound; ;.con- !
eequently the numerous fisheries of tho Roanoke
and Chowan rivers have dono comparatively moth
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An enormous gun, for tho Ohilian Government,
pasaod through Newark, N. J., recently. It was
cast ct Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburg weighs ono
hundred and sixteen thousand pounds or fifty
eight tons is twenty feet aix inohes long, vo feet
four inches in di.meter Of brooch, and has boro
Of tyehty inches. Ono hundred projectiles, weigh
ing one Thousand pounds oach, accompanied tho
gun. This 10 tho second gun Of this size, and
with tho same destination, which has passed
through Newark Four flfteen-inoh oupa and