The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-07
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NEWS SUMMARY.

quotou ut lud. Tor MiddlinE uplnnds.
Tho statue OF EDWARD EvERE1T, rast in bronze
in Berlin, aGler tho-nottui uimadu by ". ". Story,
and to bo placed in the Public CARBON IN Boston,
is 10 be dedicated esrly In October.
At Marietta, Ohio. farmer cut seventeen logs
froma pppsr:trso. or Saturday, having an aggrc-
cato icngtho ,no hundred and ninety -seyen fcot,
tho smallest being twenty-five inchps in diameter.
Tho Mobile Tribune says, with deal Of snap,
that 'uere the devil to como OH earth i'm propria
persona, thcro would DO found soois TO barnis,
up the prongs of llis tail and adorn them with
ribbons
Tho lies FOR tho Kansas Pacific IniIrosd have to
be transported r-pm the eastern bur,ler, and arc
ostimaic'l 10 COST laid down, one dollar cac Fuel
used Tor tho locomotives has to bG Transported two
huldrrh Miles.
Tho preaci'ng Of Two Capuchins, ilr San Saliva
DOR place no'ed Tor tho laxtty Of liz morals, in
duced six Hundred couples to gct married, aud
nno Thousand persons partook OF tho Lords
Supper.
Tho Augusta National Republican says, wo nrc
officnlly informed that 30 far ns heard from the
number, Of persons Registered IN Georgia is some
thing over $4,000. We assume that convention
In Georgia is no longer matter OF doubt.
yonlig nan, in Portland, Maine. recently COM
mted suicide by shooting h'necIf the Fight be-
fore The ono svt for his wedding. lie left letter
stating that ho cor.j. not muster UP tho courage
necessary to assuming tho responsibilities of u
luarrod Inan 10 he quietly shot himself.
NAPOLEON ILL.,, wo known to DO great MS an
artilierist, has invented fowlns piece Of wonder
ful power IN using ttlcrc is no need OF taking
sight, simple leyrling OF tho E,n ins,,rins the
certain destruction Of tho bird which hns risrn
and making il dnnsorousafor thusc which still liz
pe1ta. Tho worknlon employed in making this
extraordinary weapon arc locked ZIP night and tlny
lest They should reveal the sccre;s OF its construc-
iion. l.. evidently aspiros 10 higher notch
t han the Admirable CRIcnruN occupied.
1t is stated in tho lIagerstpwli Herald that the
Governor mid his statf OF New York, the Governor
and his staff OF Connecticut, tho Governor and his
staff of Maryland, and the Mayor and City<Council
Of Chicago, have accepted invitations extended
them 10 be prosent ut the dedieatirf cf Antictam
Cemetery OF the 18th instant. II IN expected that
tho President of tho United Statos and hoals of
departments will nlso DO prescnt. Ex-Governor
BnADFoRD, OF Maryland, will dclivor tho oration
Ex-Governor CthrIN, Of Pennsylvania, who was
first csoloGsed, hdving declined on account of i'll.
henlth.
On Wednesday last, tho 2eth inst, Jous
MoGnEEH end CHARLES KINNEY, of Kelly Island
near Saudusky, swan raco in Lake Eric, from
Kely's Island toward tho main land At Marble
Hoad, distance four milos and half. Whom thoy
had SWAN throo milos KINNEY was 30 far behind
thnt ho gayo up, and got into o boat. McGnEER
kept on and reaolicd Marble Hoad in Just two
hours and hall, making tho ontro distance with
out halt or rost. Ho smoked, chcwed tobacco,
drank vino and lung songs on tho way, and at tho
end scened very litto fatigucd. This is the most
remarkable swimming feat on record.
1t is given out that CHARLES SUMNER has nd
dressed o letter to an important peraonuge here
n
The lettor charges duplicty md conservatism,
upon the General, aud hurls several Latin aud
Greek denunciations at his head for his abotting
tho displacement of STANTON By accepting tho
Secretaryship. CHANT is said to bo exceedingly
annoyed at tho insinuations Of SUMNER and GREE
LEY, and in consequence Of the IfY5une's impu-
dent assaults upon him, cherishes an autipathy
toward all newspaper mon, which has proved
fatal to tho enterprise Of tho correspondents who
havo within o few days had occasion to visit
him.
Tho Honolulu. Adrertiser, speaking of I.out.
BRooKRs .oundings between San francisco and
tho Sandwich Islands, says "About three hun
dred miles west or the Golden Gate he found
submarine raugo Of mountains, running parallel
with the Sierra Nevada ranges tho deptlrof water
on which Was about Two miles on an average
while the lowest depth renchod did not oxceed
betwoon Europo and :Amorica had been then tale
cd of, and Lieutenant Droole Ind sounded tho
route. He said, while horo in 1858, that there
would DO vastly loss difficulty in laying down.
cablo between these islands ami the California
coast than between ireland and Newfoundland
II is stated that radical change in the manner
OF collecting the whiskcy revenue tax win be re-
commended at tho next AcsBion OF Congress, eni-
bracing proposition to dispense with tho Offices
OF ofinspeclors, detectives, &C., and providing TINT
esch whiskey still shall be taxed to tho amount of
it's capacity. An inspector or gauger of stills w'n
be ordered 10 measure their cdpacity, after which
the proprietor can obtain from the collector of thu
district u liconso to run them fnr week, moutl.
or year. as ,hey choose to select, which iicensp
must DO paid Tor in advance. Tho cost of tho
changed licenso will, OF course, amount to tho
present tag on the manufactured article. II is
believed that by tliis method tho goyornmont will
bc enabled to collect ten times, as much tax as il
now does, and VIII OF the Hano time protect honest
distillers, ; 49, .-.H
An English paper says: Tho disappearance OF
all tho four moons oiJupitor on Wednesday night
proved an oblert Of ATTRACTION to all astronomers,
because af ths-rarity f~the phenomenon. From
tho number OF clouds about, tho .oYdiiinE proved
very unfavorable. At Twickenhsm Observatory,
Mr. ]. II. HrNp, watched for the disappearance OF
each moon, bit 'did:n6t soc The pheliomenon in
any single instance Several times after tho moons
had disappeared, Juptor wns seen apparent
ly without his satellites, through openings in the
clouds, thorgreat length OF time tho disappearance
lasted, apparently from 10Gi p. Ii. to 1l.49 p. III NJ;
fivoring observers III. this respect When tho
phenomenon was previously: seen, on, the, 27u,
September, 1sis, Jupiter. appeared without uatol-
lites only from 11:53 P. n. to 1928 A. H.
The Paris Magazine an,usss irs rouders with
discourse on soap, and especially tho famous Mar
soilles soap, which dodes adultoraGon, This kind
ia made in cubical cakes whose foundation color
of whiio or yellow is varied BY limos Of palo or
bright buo. These veins arc made.by tho addi-
ton in tho soapboilcr ofsomo suplfeto of iron for
tho palo bluo poro4ide5of ,run 6or the brighton
color. This is thostatoraont os tho pdris1 1Sfuqa
zine.) These substanccs bong extremely heavy,
can only remain In suspension in tho soap if that
is of q certain consistency. If dishonest manu-
facturer attempts to: add too mitch wGtcf tho
minerals sink to tho bottom. and the aonp is not
marbled. 30 these vciniugs nre the. froak OF no
fancy on tho part Of tho manufacturer, but tho
certificate Of good quality to tho washerwomcn,
who accordingly prize them highly
The Paris exhibition palace is announced for
sale, and all tho constructions OF TINT marvellous
park with it, Hseoms to haye boon Of little uso
to have made 30 much effort to describe il, now
that It is to be torn TO pieces" and sold- to the
;ul,