The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-04
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NEWS SUMMARY. :

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Cotton closed in New York at ., decline Of ac.;.
Mddling Uplands 26S. q
Gold closed ct 45s. ~
Cotton declined I'd. in Liverpool yesterday. clos
ing quotation being SD
The King Of ,Abyssinis- -conceals himself py
dressing twelve warriors 80 as 10 look exactly IKE
him,
APsris -Ads-book seller advertsss by sena'ne
little dogs round the streets with his oards "e" "
their ears:
: A magazine, to bf called the Woman's "o'.d' rs
to be issued in London shortly. We presume nom
its name, that it win be devoted 70 Iashioh aio
gossip.
D.. II ia ,aii that . new method Of shoeing horses
is ca ming into vogue in France. The hoof Is a.
lowed to grow but it is to be surrounded by thin
circle of iron to project it against wear and tear
Some idea may be formed Of the numbers OF our
base ball players by the fact that q single manu-
factory in Lynn, Massachusetts,, has made and
sold irty thousand pair Of shoes for bose bali
players this season.
= New Haven paper says that s'part OF the rasp-
berry crop of the walhngford Community, this
season, sold for $780," This would have been
more satisfactory il the writer had mentioned
how large part it was.
The Judicial mind" Of the Hon. Mr.. boutwell,
has discovered that the President is not required
to execute the laws but to see that they are exc
cused. It is wonder that so sagacious states
maifhs lastedso long.
An explosive substance, whose effects are some
what like those Of gunpowder, has been discover
ed in France by NJ. Pool. 1t is prepared by the
action Of chlorate and Of nitrate OF potass on Or
dinsry glue or isinglass.
The celebrated Dutch zoologist, VAN DER HG-
vys, has published an essay ON the singular am
phibious reptile, the Menobranchus. He has sent
it to the French Academy, and it will probably be
published in the Complies Rendas.
We regret to learn that Gen. CLrNoMAN, while
riding in hack, in the City Of New York, few
days ago, was struck in the eye by the drivers
whip-lash, and tits feared he will lose the sight OF
the eye entirely. In fact it is reported that the
eyebal was completely cut out.
The San Antonio Rerald says that no courts will
be held in Bosrne, Kendall County, Texas, because
Many OF the settlers had gone In pursuit, and
those who remained at home were afraid to leave
their families to go to town-hence, no inrymen."
The Wilmington Euentng &ar says: ''The ground
pea is the enriching product of this county. We
are informed that gentleman near this place
made s25, 900 last year of his crop MIR. NIXON,
who lives near Rocky Point, viii make this year
from Is, 900 to 1900 bushels, anu the prices will
range from $2to d per bushel."
Among che embers elected to the new North
German Diet arel prince Of the blood tA1RREcET},
dukes, princes, % counts, Is barons 75 lower
mobility, ministers, 8generals, so country gen-
tlenen, "a govermnent employees, Is lawyers, 13
municipal officers, elerggmen, physicians,
professors, bankers, merchants, 3ehopkeepers,
1.teacher, and mechanic. T.
A telescope for the examination Of objects situ-
ated under water is said TO have been devised in
Paris and to have been tested in one Of the French
canals It is reputed to have enabled the obsery-
ers to see psncl maria distinctly at depth of
more than Ave feet. Us practicaf'apph viii
be to the examination of the-huls Of ships, with
out placing them sin dock"
An extraordinary rascal, named DEcXRN, died
the other day IN one Of the prisons Of Le, France,
ut the age 9 ninety-two years, Of which he had
spent forty fyein jail. rsHe is supposed toLshase
cpmwitted during his Mspent Efe every descrip-
ton Of mis5eed. The last Of tie twenty-five sem
tences pronounced against him was incurred six
years ago by his sxindlng some one out of a
hzge sum Of mbneE and stealing horse and
dogcart. ~
The famous bloody decree, orderiug no quarter
to be shown to Liberalists, which has heretofore
been attributed to MAMMALIAN, was, it now ap-
pears, the product CT the French Marshal BAzARE.
A confidential circular has been published, which
10 ha
tended to captured Liberals, and which is signed
by BAzApH as Marshal Commanding in Chief. or
course, JuIss Gn4znar and the rest are making
the most OF it.
The New York Euesing Post says: Several OF
the country papers appear very much surprised to
learn that Mrs. Tom Thumb STRATToN goes shop
ping on Broadway, dressed very neatly, just as
any other lady is supposed to do Perhaps they
think she ought to appear in game and spGngles,
or riding on sn elephant, or hsld in the arms OF
Of the Nova Scotia giantess. TIE country folks
may rest assured that Mrs sfRArFoNis very much
like other women only there is tsher lass Of her.
Gen. PALMER, Treasurer Of the Kansas Pacific
Railroad and Captain CoLfON, arrived at Santa Fe
ON the 18th Of September, and wsre received by |
the territorial authorities, Thesurveying parties
were examining three routes from Fort Union to |
the Bio Grande. At Albuquerque and Fort Craig
the country was favorable for the construction Of
railroad. asn. PALMER found extensive deposits
OF anthracite coal, large beds Of iroa ore andaan
sbundaneeof timber for ross-ties, near the pro- |
posed ins Of the road.
His the custam,at the sHalles' tthe great cen. |
tre market) to crown the largest pumpkin brosght
to Paris as the "King Of the Pumpkins" This
years gourd weighed moro than two hundred
pounds, and was seven feet in circumference. The
ceremony consists in decorating with flowers and |
ribbons the huge vegetable, and bearing it tri- |
umpbantly around the inaSSet, followed by all the
market people. singing the popular songs Of the
day. oHzauAtt Says ''We hear they hsye been
crowning the King Of the Pumpkins just as we'll
crown him as any other"
A Melbourne correspondent Of the Times writes
England may aspect 10 receive from this COLONY
further increased importations Of wheat, AID dopr
The constantly increasing quantities Of land com
ing under cultivation, with the aid OF the steam
plough lately introduced among us, assisted by
the vast reservoirs now in rapid course of con-
struction in various parts OF the colony and which
ore to be applied to irrigation as weH asto mining,
must necessarily give us every year much more
wheat tnan We can consume, aad the surplus ~lu
principally goto England ss&4
From New Afchangel, the village capital Of the
new American. possessions recently purchased
from Rnssia, we learn that business was active,
and building lots had advanced several hundred
dollars. We are, further informed that thereis
ooirt In circulation, but tEat leather money pre-
dominates. The Copper River country is said to
be rich IN gold, copper and Goa, but the ssvages
are very, hostile and warhke When it is notfosgy
It rains at New Archangel, but the reports from
there praise the weather very much. and the
scanty populatien of Russian Firms and Germans
are represented as very glad to be annexed.
Upon inquiry in proper directions it is found
that there is No authentic foundation for the re-
port that Mr. BROWNING proposes resigung his
position as Secretary OF the eInterior. His health
is not much improved, andit is believed by some