The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-06
ghF 1ai1g Nems.
NEWS SUMMARY.


1OAd. for Middling Uplnnds.
Judge WAYxE, of tho U. S. Supreme Court,
is dond.
rich deposit Of magnetic iron orc has been
discovered near Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
What The telegraph areumplishes for the |
nineteenth century ic illusiratcd in the fact |
that the attempted assassination Of the Car is |
believed to have bccome known to Tho mnss Of
The people of New York city sooner thaR 10
those of Paris, where it occurred.
The Australian vintage this year is larger
thnn wns over before known, and the
yield Of gold is increased over that of last
year. Over $4,000 tons of breadsiuGs have
been sent 10 England, and 1o5, 900 ions moro
arc ready for transportation.
II is stated that Justice WAYNE, of the United
States Supreme Court, is very low, and
physicians think lie oaunot live long. lie was
appointed TO his present position by President
JACKSON, thirty years ago, and hud been,
prior 10 that timc, member of Congress from
Georgia, his native State.
About $4,000 acres of lnnd. yielding rich
iron ore, has been purchased IN Canadn, nbout
forty miles from Like Ontario, and the rnil-
road connecting with Coburg will soon bc doing
large business in transporting the orc 10
markol The route to tho mines was opened
last week.
Since the emancipation Of the negroes in The
United States, and especially since tho terni-
milton Of the American wnr, slaves hnve greatly
decreased in value in Porto Rico-so much 80,
indeed, that Mt the present lime tho price of
plantation slaves is entirely nominal, mud it is
impossible 10 scll them Mt anything like their
former v9Aic.
Tho cause OF the death Of tho ArchduchcBs
MATILDA, Of Austria, affianccd to tho heir of
the Italian throne, las transpired. She was
smoking o cigarette in her parlor, anu when
some ono came in she hastily put il behind her,
and her dress, which was of light material,
caught fire. and she was burned to death. She
was only cightecn, aud very much beloved
by the people.
The Sublime Porto has issued Grmnn con-
ferring on aliens the right 10 buy and hold land
in tho Ottomnn Empire. This is sensible and
liboral grant for the good Of all parties; but
although its mutual advantages aro now appa-
rent 10 every one, it is an international reform
Of comparatively but recent dnte, and one for
which The United States, in its infancy, can
clnim credit.
Rev. JAMES HUNT, Of Northmorc Green,
England, writes about his parishioners thus:
''The services hero at IL and o'clock have
been plain md unritunlistic as possible for
tue Inst six months. Mass is sung on Sundays
at 8 A. NJ, an hour al which all the Protestant
pariehioners are in bed drunk, sleeping off tho
effects of their Saturdays carouse. How can
this interfere in any wny with their liberties? !?
SO long rs tho old services are left in their
pristine uglncss what right have tho parish
toner's 10 grumblo If give On additional SER
vice."
The population Of London in the middle Of
the present year is estimated by the Registrar
General at 3,0s2,872; of Edinburgh (city)
17G,OSl; of Dublin (city) and some suburbs,
3la,2l0; Of tho borough of Liverpool, d92, ,430 !;
of the city of Manchester, &C., 1923, and of the
borough of Salford, lI5,0l3; of the city of
Glasgow, 440,97d, of tho borough Of Birming-
bay, o4nn.n 80 v. neeuo :o:,-
the city of Bristol. 1852; of The borough of
Newcsslle-on-Tync, l24,960; Of the borough of
Hull, l0G,740.
careful analysis of information received by
the Agricultural Department from all the
States, shows that the total area in wheat is
ten to fifteen per cont. greater than last year
II is too carly to cstimnte The final result of
tho harvest, but with average success in ripcn-
ing the crop ought not to be less than 200, ,GOO,-
600 bushels. An average area of winter barley
has been sown in o minority Of The States The
condition Of clover is good throughout the
country. Tho area of onts is larger thnn usual
in the West. Ohio is the only Stntc which can
not show on Increase.
Partisan journal snys; "rhc attention of
the Gar, tho King of Prussia, and even of
Count Won DrsNARoK, was, during thclatc balls
and fetes, attracted by the large number of
blondes with golden hair who adorned The
quadrilles. The Venetian blonde, which dur
ing the last two years fell much in estimation,
has in the course Of the present month risen
greatly in the bourse of fashion. A hsirdress-
or said lntely that in ten days he had sold fair
hair decorations 10 tho amount'of lO,OOOf Thus
1t seems the trade in hair ia in tho full tide Of
prosperity"
A Russian document shows that the direct
trade between Russia and China is declining.
ht Kiathka, where it is chiefly carried on, IL
only amounted to 100000 roubles in 1906
whereas in 1862 II was 1860, 900. This is
owing to various cause.-the permission to in
troducc tea into Russia by seaporls, instead of
exc usively by lind, as formerly; tho disturbed
political state Of China; the dishonesty Of Rus
sian merchants. II is probable that the land
trade will 60 on declining, inasmuch MS il is
considerably cheaper to convey goods from
Shanghai to tho Baltic by sea than TO carry
them overland through deserts.
The funeral of the young Archduchess MA
TlLpA, WHO WINS. burnt to death, took placc
while hor uncle was going through his corona
tion pngeantry OF Peslh. The body Of the poor
girl was buried ia the imperial vault at The
Capuchin monastery, and was placed by tho
side Of her, mother, the Archduchess HIDE
oARDE, who died three years ago. Tho Arch.
duohes MATILDA was the one hundred nnd first
royal person entrusted TO the care of the Capu-
chin monks. scventy-two years ago another
member Of the Austrian house, the young
Archduko LkoroLD, brother of tho Emperor
FRANCIS, WINS burnt at Luxembourg, through an
explosion Of fireworks. In accordance with
the custom usual in tho burial Of members of
fba impnriat fann;lr tbo l,naS. or ~, Z