The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-17

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sd instant, the Missouri River and the Montana
mining regions-a distance Of nearly 1000 miles.
She carried number OF families designing to set
Ale in that remote Territory, and will tsks~on at
Cincinnati fffttyfye Dakota on their way
home from Washing tom
E0i1- rDUNDREARY has just given his opinion
with regard to that much ye1ed question-mar-
1iage with deceased wifes sister. I'll think, !"
he says, ssmarriage with detheathed Wltes
thither is very proper and economical, because
when q sfelah marrieth his detheathed wifes
B thither, he--he hath only one mother-inlaw."
Aletter from Pesth states that the maglates OF
Hungary intend to convert the traditional present
OF the kingdom to the sovereign, on the occasion
OF hia coronation into gift which will be OF uti-
ty to the empire It SIS to consist Of three IRON
4 essed ships TO be called lie Hungary the Eranc's
& .Joseph; and the .Eli1Gteds.
The blind man on the: :Pont des Arts, Paris, was
recently observed to have shifted hia placard OF
Z 3Pity the poor blind, &c, from his hest to his
back, as II .intansely gazing into the water. On
being addressed, man turned and proved not to
be blind st al. He explained the matter by say
/ ing he was Che intimate friend Of the stpaure
:avengle, 2 who had gone TO thesweddng OF one Of
& hiarelations, and begged him to do duty in his abb
II sence. n 81,
;THs htest adyices say the Central Pacific Rail
road the main stem ,ot all the eastern branches
tending beyond the Aissouri-willr reachthe neigh
bdrhood ot the famous silver mines, near Virginia
City, by July NEXT, and that 1T viii reduce the cost
nf getting and separating the ore ne-haR-equiyar
lent ttoasaving OF about three miliuf q year. This
lis rood News, as there may be prospect when it
is completed through, that We may once more
finger. a. Of that nearly forgotten metal.
5 Hurry up that railroad.
The American Aytizns illustrates device for Q
combined water:coolel and. filter, the distinctive
feature of which is that the ice oools the water
without coming in contact with it. The defect in
the water coolers hitherto made is that the melting
ice mingles with the water, 80 that, drinking it
only sggravatest thirst in the same manner that
!. putting snow. ID the mouth aegrayates it. Ice
water ia q, dangerous and unsatisfactory indul-
Rsncei hot weather, but the melted ice and not
tie coldness makes it so. American ingenuity has
{ done agood; thing if il has remedied the; trouble.
The wheat crop bids fair TO bs excellent in Mid
! ola Tennessee. The editor Of the McMinnville
Entaprises says: We have recently travelled through
4 portions Sof the: cou1ities of Warren;; Putnam,
Smith and DeKalb, and find the wheat crop to be
!, very profnisng in appearance. The stand Is uni
formly good, with no evidences of any injurious
aAects from either the winter or the fly. The
SjreadtI soWn appears to be large, and the indica-
lions are that with favorable season We shall have
!: one of the finest wheat crops we have had for
!. number Of year rs.'..gss .i..4slz!5s
z puring the masquerade ball at the AAaires En-
4rangeres, at, Paris, where the Emperor and En-
press were hidden a1aong the; maskers by close.
fitting douinoes, which, as soon as discovered,
we're changed. Great amusement was afforded by
q young English GIRL who, on passing before the
Emperor. WAS heard TO say to her partner: :" That
gentleman has changed his domino three times,
for have watched. I asked his name, and they
dan me it Is tie Comte de Ham: Is he SO great
man that he must not be recognized Z" His Majes-
" laughed outright, and when the young lady
passed back again, bowed low, to her great amaze
ment and confusion.
There is now living in the Southern portion Of
Camden. Lorain county, Ohio, Mrs. POLLY HAS
K1sa who is one hundred and fifteen years of age,
having, been born in july S1752: She was seven
teen years old at the comme Of the revolu-
tionary war. When the British first landed in New
London. CT, she and her parents were obliged to
unit their home travellict, on foot and carry
inr afeather sdtwonty miles the first day. They
! could see the smoke Of their dwelling as the work
1T devastation, by the British, went on. She is
now sof sound mind, and hale and hearty.
The Carroll Record, published at Lake ProVl-
.dence, says it is melancholy to contemplate the
immense damage done by the high water in that
-neighborhood. After the break in the Bass levee
had been stopped, the people in the lower portion
of Carroll began to Think themselves tolerably Sc
cure but not long afterwards the levee at N HAR-
R1ss place. just above the Madison line, gave way,
andat last accounts the water was pouring through
in tremendous volume, half mile in width,
flooding number of the most valuable planta-
tions in Tompkin's Bend, and extending nine or
ten miles above the breach.
The Iberyille Pioneer of the 9Th says, Crosse
Tete and Grand rivers rising rapidly, and that
there is ON immense crevasse q mile and a half be-
low Indian village. The inhabitants above Pla-
aueTcine and on Bayou Jacob are doubtless ruined.
These we're the thrifest farmers in the State, and
had planted cane On a scale varying from one to
thr hundred hogsheads of sugar, with corn and
cotton quite as extensively. The Pioneer remarks:
ts After go much trouble to get hands and planta-
lion labor, or the part Of 80 many Planters it is
an outrage that they should be so deeply injured
by sheer negligence, for the Hickey crevasse might
hare easily been prevented"
The news report by the Atlantic cable in the
New York papers received yesterday, is dated to
Anr1 1as The citizens Of Luxembourg are decidedly
onposed to the sale Of the territory to France The
British squadron had arrived off Cadiz, and made
a peremptory demand on Spain for instant redress
IN the cases Of the ships Tornado and Vsctoria.
Thespanisrds gave an evasive reply with respect
to the Tornado, and remained quite silent as to
The other vessel. An iron-clad war ship had been
despatched from Liverpool to Cadiz. The Cana
dian Railroad Bill had been passed In the House
of Lords. The British Parliament adjourned for
the Easter holidays. Tie bill OF Indictment
against Ex- Governor EYRE, OF Jamaica, has been
ignored by the Grand Jury.
While the irorl-clad M1antononah lay of Cartha-
-rena, q German gentleman came on board early
one evening md inquired if the commander OF .
United States vessel had the authority to marry
people, and IF Il il mas legal in all countres2 Upon
being informed il the affirmative, he stated tEat