The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-16
Ihe lail1 News,
NEWS SUMMARY.
-,,,or c,.,sed in New York shade 6rmer; 1900

Gold closed at 4Sl.
Cotton closed in Liverpool firm.
There is dog in London tHenty-six years old'
of the Newfoundland breed. His black coat mas
been turning gray for the past two years ana ID
nearly white.
The book trade in Boston is quite active ana
there is every prospect of very "e'. sVa'oa,
The publishers have in press some rare Vo'u'ne'
for the fall trade. -,
-Atrsin OF thirty-one si1-mule teams, with fcrty
five thousand pounds OF WOOL arrived az hansas
from Santa Fe. New Mexico, during the latter part
OF September H..
Somebody. who has the figures, says that
mora cotton has been destroyed by fire and other
casualties within the last twenty-five years thsn IL
would take to pay the national debt.
in building new opera house IN Cinchi-
natl several of the subscribers to the schene
refused to pay the contributions they mao proni
sed, but they were prosecuted snd obhgea 10 Ae'p
Their promises. No..
Tho schoolmaster is abroad in Japan. ons NC"
York firm has just shipped ten tons Oh school
hooks TO the "Japs' in single cash invoice
amounting to $4,000. irrespective OF previous
consignments
The day is coming, says the New London Star.
xban throughout the whole country women shall
bs clothed with the elective franchise. Rather
thin costume, and hard on dry goods dealers ana
hoop skirt manufacturersl
1T is said the largest humber of jewels owned
by any pri&ee individual in the United States, Is
possessed by Madame de Ia Grange, the prlma
donna. They are valued at more than two hundred
thousand dollars.
"A man recently broke off marriage because
the lady did not possess good conversations
powers. A wicked editor, in commenting on tne
fact saws: He should have married her. and tnen
refused her a new bonnet, to have developer hef
powers Of talk"
SANFORD Conoyer. the individual who was for 30
long time source Of items, for she reportorlai
corns ia now learning the trade offs. shoemaker in
the Albany penitsntiary. He var es his work with
occasionally writing petition fJr his parden on
the sole OF q shoe.
An applicant for an NJ D. at the University OF
Bonn threw bomb-shel among the Faculty by
enunciating the opinion that the art OF the phy-
sician ought not to be employed to proong HE
of no use to patient or the State. How many OF
on public mon would trust themselves IN hls
hands,
-Garibaldi was naturalized when tallow chand-
ler on Staten Island, snd whenarrested his friends
propossd appealing to our minister to interfere,
on the ground Of his citizenship. This was DOT 70
be thought Of though our representative joined
in the request that clemency should be shown the
illustrious prisoner.
"A Young man in Southwestern Missouri has COM
mitted suicide in manner TO excite the envy OF
ParisiGn. He put himself at an angle ofa "Virginia
rail fence" and using an a1e-helve as lever, he
raised the fence, put his head under it and caused
his ne,k TO be broken by the falling weight OF fence
timber.
A young lady, just from the seminary, being
ssked at the table If she would have some more
cabbage, replied: 'By no means; gastronomical
safety admonshes me that have arrived at the ul-
tmate culinary degtation consistent with the code
of Esculapius." AS shs drew back from the table,
it was concluded that she meant size had "eaten
heap"
The British War Office has given another In
stance Of its efficiency and activity by sending
four officers to Constantinople to purchase mules
for the Abyssinian expedition. Now this would
have been very well il the Capital Of Turkey had
been mule market but in point of fact there are no
mules In Constantinople, except few old Italian
and Spanish animals--none less than fourteen
years old-left behind by the British army after
the Crimean war. So the officers have been LETT at
stand-still and have sent home for Instructions.
"A Mexican correspondent states that Max-mil-
isn's body was hung up at Queretaro during the
process Of embalming, bnt only for the purpose OF
driving it after having immersed it in q chemical
bath of reag ents he adds that the glass eyes OF
statue Of Saint Ursula in the hospital were used
to replace the natural ones Of the deceased prince.
This, correspondent thinks that the body will not
be abie to reach Europe in state Of perfect pres
eryation. The Diario Official contradicts the re-
port about decomposition having begun, and states
that the remains are in as good condition as
should be expected.
-variegated MARBLE it is announced, may be
initiated in all the rich-colored veins for which
some species Of it are distinguished. For this
purpose solid block Of marble, to be treated, is
frat warmed in an oven to open it's pores, after
which the colors are applied. These consist OF an
alcoholic solution of alkanet root to produce rich
lavender, madden lake to make crimson, indigo
to produce blue, verdigris green, and gamboge
yellow They ara put on according to the fancy
and taste Of the artist, so to form the desired
patterns, after which the marble is again warmed
to make it absorb the colors.
War in Europe next year is considered almost
inevitable. France is arming and it is said strategic
studies have been made with view OF covering
Strasburg, the Emperor having made personal
observations OF the country in that neighborhood,
as he returned from his recent visit to Salzbur8.
The country around the town il being leyelled
to allow of the establishment OF ionr detached
forts, and an intrenched camp of immense extent
is to be constructed protected one lside by the
Rhine and by submergible lands, and on the other
by the four advanced forts, capable OF shetering,
in the case Of need, large number OF troops.
The Boston Traveller says: "The cranberry crop
the present year is now about halfpicked, and it
promises to be the largest yield ever known in this
psrt of the country. Several meadows have just
reached stste Of maturity and the crops on some
of them are ten times as large as last year. Every
where in the eastern part OF the State, as far as
heard from, the crops are larger than any previous
year. except in Harwich, where the worms have
done considerable damage, and the crops will be
light. Cranberries are now selling for from 81 to
IS per bushel, and the market is dull. The price
this fall will probably range from $S to 50 per
barrel. -
"A wealthy Hebrew, at San Francisco, happy
in being the father Of male triplets has named
them Abraham Lincoln, Isaac Andrew johnson,
and Jacob John Conness. The circumcision rite
was performed with great pomp, September A.
General McDowsll held Abraham, deputy for
Goysrnor-elect Haight held Isaac, and Senator
CONFESS held Jacob Three officiating clergymen
performed the ceremony Of circumcision, each
rabbi taking one child, and at the altar gold
medals were hung upon the little ones, whose
names were inscribed upon the diverse, while
the reyerse of each medal respectively called to
mind Abraham offering up Isaac, Isaac blessing
Jacob, and Jacobs ladder.
in paper addressed to the Academy OF
Sciences. DR.. c. Robin described two new kinds
OF Mushroom. Of the Aspergaius genus, growing