The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-20
aa'he gai1g Nems.
NEWS SUMMARY.

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Now York quotations show Cotton unchanged.
Gold closed at 99i.
In Liverpool Cotton closed caslor; Middling
lid.
A lottOr from Detroit says atlviccs from oil tho
principal agricultural districts OF Michigan giro
promise Of bountful harvest.
At o grand army festival in Richmond, Indiana,
Miss JENNIE PRESCOTT was voted to bc tho hand
somosL girl in An,orica.
An rndsrlakor in Detroit ndyortisos tho names
OF fivo hundred prominent citizons to whom no
"refcrB by permission"
In tho Democratic Convention OF PcnnBylyania,
resolution. thanking Gcn. SHERIDAN was tumutu-
ously ruled out Of order. or coursoi
French agency for international marriages
adds to ito advertisement, Bonheu; garante un
an"-happinoss guaranteed for ono year.
hardware mandatory Mt Now Haven, tho
largest in tho United Statos giycs employment To
800 hands and turns ont 1000 diilcront kinds OF mr.
ticas, worth from 1900 900 to 81 600 per year.
Peat charcoal is twonty por cont. moro combus-
tible than that Of oak. 1t las boon nppod to
Hottcning stool plates and dies with remarkable
success.
Tho season is extremely backward in Northern
Vermont and Now Hampshire, and farmors layo
not yet finished tl,oir planting. Hay il high and
Bcarco.
Tile household eIectg Of Mrs. LINCOLN wifo of
tho Prosidont, to 10 held at public auction at
Springfield. Tho furniture is valued at sli COO
MIS-. LINcoLN's income ia stated to DO only $1,000
BY tho death OF hor father, in Bnth, England,
tho vito of Col. q. l.. EDERIIAnDr, OF Macon, Ca,
has fnon hoir to nh estate valued at over 81 OO0-
600, which will bo divided bctwcon herself bro
thcr and two BIslors.
1t is announced from Eowburyport, Siasaachu-
Hotts, that merchant OF that city recently rccoiv-
cd q telegram from Calo..tta, and had beon two
days and iyo lours on it's passage. This dispatch
cost $500, and Ind travollod ovor Is, 900 milos.
An account OF tho Portuguese debt has Just boon
published. It commences with tho first loan
raispt that country for tho sum OF g. co., OF
about fs0o.OO0 in tho ycnr 170G. 1t now amounts
to $3.50, Gus, ,00o tho annual interest on which is
s7,2O5.o0
Tho Methodists intond to build largo monu-
mental church at Washington, to cost $500 ,OO0.
Pews will 10 set apart for tho President aud his
Cabinet, tho Judge Of llic Courts Generals OF our
army, nnd other distinguished porsuns. Seats
also will DO provided for tho fr,ront statcs.
Mr. CHARLES RGADE, it appears, has actually
commenced his ihrcntonod action against tho
Round Table, for it's roviow OF til, novel, Griffith
GduR. According TO tho Pail Ma Gazc.io, tho
complaint covers fortyfour paEos of tooHcap, antl
II pasted togothor, onl 10 ond, will DO fifteen yards
lorg.
A diamond Weighing betwccn twonty-ono and
twcnly-two carats Inns been found on tho Orange
River, In southon Africa. Tho Colonial Govor.-
mont has takon tho matter in hand, and wo shall
soon know whothor that is to be, rs is predicted,
ono OF tho MISUNDERSTANDING countrics Of tho
werld.
Tho proprictors OF tho IIngcrstown (bId.l aaa
hnvo brought suit to recover damages for tho do
struction Of thnt onico by q mob, IN AIny, 1912.
Several other citzons hnve also brought suit to re-
cover for The destruction Of thoir properly from
smnr cauBo. Those who chosc to dance must
pay the piper.
coiurcd clergyman, in prayer meeting III
Virginia, whilo oneagcd in supplication fow
wooks since, after praying Tor tho diviuo bossing
upon tho Governor Of TINT State and oil othcrs in
authority toro. continued ..'And Lord-O
Lord-O Lord, If it will not exhaust thy compass
ion, bnve morcy upon ANDREW JOHNSON
In Luxembourg, which now occupies 30 largo q
shlro Of European conversation, n fa !orto nnusc-
ment OF the inhabitants is cats racoJ. Eic'i wor-
thy burghor iakcs his cat in bag two milos from
town, and, at q givon signal, thoy all sako iloir
bags, tho cats loap out scarol to tloath, and run
homo AZ fast as they can go. Tho FIRST cot that
reaches the town gates is tho winner.
now method Of improving Tho rontls has bron
projected in England. II is proposed to lay two
pairs OF not lily & rnils with slight depression i'm
osoh rail, uat wagon wheels will kcop tho track
and also to lay guido rail in tho middle OF caol
track for tho driver to sight with tho polo Of his
carriage, Oh to DO ablo to keep tho wocs in tho
depression This system, it is claimed will ma
ter:ally lessen tho power necessary TO draw
henvily laden wagons.
In the year ending Doconbor go 1866, 3f14
houses wcro built in Paris, nnd 225G wcro pulled
down, 1889 by their owners, who will replace them
with bcttor buildings, and 0G7 by tho government
This represents an increase OF 9f9G habitations
corresponding worry nearly with tho increase O,
population. Tho Project thinks that tho suporfi.
oial aroa OF Paris will sustain population OF moro
than throo and-a. half millions, or twico as many
people as woro returned in tho enumeration Of
1866. In tho Inst census Of Now York State, taken
in 1865, the number Of houses in tho city of Now
York il giyon at 49, s4 Of which 9S74 wero OF stuno
81 1877 we're OF brick, and 1O,2ss of wood.
Wo were shown yesterday n relic Of tho lato war
which is, perhaps, tho most rarc and curious to
be found. It consists OF Two bullets ono fred |
from tho Confederate and tho oihor from the Fed
eral limos, which mot 30 full 10 bo mashed Hat
tho ono into tho other Doing tho conical shaped |!
Mibnip balls, they must hnYo mot ON precisely tho
same line OF axis md both being msshcd equally
fiat. thoy must havo boon going with tho sameye |
locity: Such an amcablo meeting botweon such
deadly MUSCLES from opposing forcos would hardly |
take place onco In ton millions Of times Tho balls
were picked up between tho pickot lines in front Of
Petersburg.
A Convention OF Jows has been in session at
Philadelphia, nearly ovory synagogue in tho Unit
ed States being represented. It waa resolved to |
cooperate in tho removal OF tho Jows OF tho Turk
ish Provinces aud tho Blrbary States to Palestine
and to.encourago tho development of agriculture |
and tho arts there. A paper read by Tov. Mr. |
Lesser claimed that tho Fallaohiau1 tribcs Of |
AbyssiniA and the pooplo of tho interior OF China
tho lineal defendants Of tho lost rE cs Their
mannors, customs, and forms Of prayer GLOW this |
to be tho case. As efforts making to convert |
thom 70 Christianity, messenger is abont 10 bo |
sent out by the Universal Israelitish Alliance Of
Paris TO oounteraot tho moycmont.
Mfr. FoRNKF writes from London that '-JoHs G. |
BaEcKIFHIpoE is frequently soen ut the Langlam |
Hotel, where lie tFoRREY) is stopping, wofally |
changed in appearance. II mol in opinions" Ho |
says that JUDAH P. BENJAMIN, who is practicing |
Law at tho London bar, docs not entertain any |
hopo OF returning. Ho is counsel for PRioLHAu |
Of Liverpool, now heavily involved In tho failure |
Of FnABEn, TRENHOLM Co., and is also said 10 |
be the American editor Of the London Telegraph, |
and tho wrior Of tho articles OF that paper culo-
CYSTIC OF JEFTKnsoN DAv1s GEoRaE N. sANpKRs
iu ooIourpin0 In TnnJon and boa f,ot m ,,o5 /