The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-05
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NEWS SUMMAsRY
Gold closed in New York on Saturday as4oss.

coId closed in New York on Saturday at4Os.
Cotton closed at 2s4 for Middling Uplands
swedan ia about to increase her fleet by formi-
adxSYs tUhomd, "a ss0'f fs5R: The turret OF this
ship i',tes~sTy ~ Ansls'a0fa guns e5 ne hsaV'sS'
cakbre.
large bed of paint, Of various colors and OF
superior qualisa Ass 4ep diseovered in the town.
ship Of Pine Plains, seven miles from Allegan,
Mtfai,, IL ibthrss Mil6s in length.
i A new factory in Lebanon, N. H., has been pur-
.clssea by The American Patent Sponge Company
sor$1s 900. The Company reduces sponges to pulp
TO be used instead Of hair mattresses and eeneral
upholstery.
A soldiers monument at Weathersfeld, Conn.,,
contsins, beside the names Of the dead, those OF
ssone hundred volunteers who returned in health.
The next thing, says the Boston Post, will be q
monument to those who stayed at home.
MAx1n111As's saddle, valued at more than
thousand dollars in gold, has been presented by
Genera; Trevers. Of the Mexican army, to Mr. G..
II. sHA11EY, Of the Metropolitan Hotel, Washing
tor. The saddle is ornamented and inlaid with
silver and gold.
A Brussels letter gives some information as to o
Civic Cross which is going to be founded In
Belgium for acts of devotedness. 1t Will Do In
enamel mounted in gold for the first class and IN
silver for the second. The project has been well
received, and will be soon carried out.
II ia ssid that the King of Greece will not ac-
cont the Russian religion on his marriage with the
Grand Duchess OLGA, because his father, the
King of Denmark, does not desire it. His chill
dren will, however, be brought up in the ortho-
dox Greek faith.
a., Last year number of literary rife volunteers
in England dubbed together and produced mis-
cellany under the title Of the Earwis. This year
the members of the First Middlesex artillery volun
teers have produced creditable volume of anus
ing literature, under the title Of tho Handspike.
The Prussian Government continues its nego-
nations with Denmark. A note is now being pre-
pared in Berlin which win state what guarantees
Prussia expects Denmark to give to the Germans
of North Schleswig before it will consent to the
retrocession op this district to Denmark.
The Russian Grand Duke ALEXIS, the Cars
Youngest son, after stay at Constantinople, LETT
nm the 2sth ON board the Russian steamer Oteq, to
visit the monssteries Of Mount Athos, from whence
be nroceeds to Cadis. where he is to embark on
board the ALEXANDRA NEysN figate, in which he
will visit the West Indies and the United States.
he viii return to Russia by Constantinople.
The Japanese in Paris have taught the cooks at
the Grand Hotel how to 'sbake" ice cream. Freeze
your ice as hard as possible, wrap it quickly in
yery thin crust Of pastry, and put it in an oven.
The pastry win be baked before the ice melts (for
the pastry is good non-conductor OF heat; serve
hot and you may enjoy the pleasure OF eating hot
pastry and ice cream at the same time.
The London Daily Ne,rs states that tie accumu-
1ation of money in all chief cities OF Europe con-
Times almost without interruption. The public
are boarding the same as year ago, with this
difference, that instead Of locking up bank notes
in private safes they deposit their funds with
bankers. Hence there is more money availlble Tor
discount purposes, and the rate, instead Of being
10 per cent, is barely z
The registration in Loudon county, Va, is now
complete, and sums up as follows: Whites, 27s6;
colored. goa, There we're about $500 colored peo-
MIA IN that county in 1860, Of whom about 500 left
during the war. Their registration, therefore, Is
auuposed to be full. There were about 6OO0 whites,
and this would make their voting population equal
10 S9O0, Of whom not exceeding zoo are dlsran-
chised, and it would seem that about 1o quanned
voters have failed 10 register.
psper money is at last invading Texas. That
st.ta which. during and since the rebellion, en-
toyed coin currency, is about to exchange it for
ersanbacks and fractional currency. On tho
rarss Central Railroad paper money has begun to
be received fer passage and freights. THIS is the
entering wedge for. the introduction OF paper
money all oyee the State, and it will there, as
everywhere else, banish gold and silver fom CIR
culation.
Some adventurous spirits have been indulging
in queer aquatic sports on the Hudson, near Troy.
Three man raced scross the river in washtubs, for
= stake only large enough to make the game inter-
estine, and two OF them we're upset. Another race
Vss between blindfolded boatmen in skifs, from
the shcre to an island in the river. One OF the
contestants ran into the shore mile below on the
ssrpe side hom which he had started.
4. dispatch from Washington states that re-
port Is being made up at the Treasury showing
thst there are over q, 900 officials connected with
the Department through its varied revenue
branches. Twenty thousand officials in single
darraartnant OF the Government! This number is
nearly double the strength Of the grand aggregate
oS4he army OF the United States at the commence
:ment Of the war.
The effect Of the lava against cutting and In
fSyor of planting trees in France has been such
thst. Of late years. instead Of steady decrease IN
the extent Of woodland in the empire, there has
beam q constant gain. In 1850 the wooded surface
Of France was 7s3 S4S hectares, or less than a.
10000 acres, the whole number of acres OF land
In France being at least 125, ,OOO co., In 1855 the
number of hectares in wood had increased to over
eaO0, 600, or nearly million acres more than ff-
teen years before. 9At
There is tirore in Paris for o new style OF
watch at the present moment. It is large, made
of ebony, and ornamented at the back with the
initials Of the owner in silver or else with tancul
arsbesques. The dial plate which is small, is sur
rounded by thick circle of ebony, the figures and
hours being in silver. This watch hangs from an
ebony chatelain, the rings Of which are ornamented
with silver, aad joined together either by bars or
balls Of silver, according to the pattern OF the
chatelaine.
The Commissioner Of the General Land Office is
taking means to obtain accurate information m
regard to the extent OF the several railroads Of the
United states--those completed and those pro-
iected and tegun. To this end he has opened cor
respoudence with State authorities in order to
have the correctness of the data tested which the
Commissioner has collected. 1t is intended to re-
Aect the aggregate extent of the railway system
in the next annual report of the General Land
Office, in connection with detail as TO the immense
grants made by Congress in aid Of the railway
system.
Rear-Admiral STEWART was born in Phladel-
mia July o. 1778 Just after the evacuation Of the
city by the British, and on Sunday last was called
on by many Of his friends at his residence in that
city, it being the occasion Of the celebration of his
eighty birthday. His original entry into the
navy was on the 9th Of March, 1873, 80 that he has
been over sixty-nne years in the service; has been
in over forty engagements with the enemies Of his
country, among the number being the famous
1.-.l..apaonf Of Irinnli Anpnst g 1901 He can