The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-12
Thp lailg ye1s.
NEWS SUMMARY.

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b,les ut isc for Uplands.
Gold clceed at 4sl.
-"Phil. Sheridan" says loyal exchange,
sstoc sixtyfourth ths iaE Or captains when the
wsr broke out.n. .rsy - rs.-,.s-3,
"A statiststieian estimates that every married
couple may calculate upon 4, ,tS4 ,SO4 dsscendanss
in about 500 years. aga
Tho white and blue uniform of the Austrian
troops is about to be replaced BY graz piouSes anu
lose red trousers, with gray cap.
Major John Esten Cooke was mar1ed 70 MISS
Frances Page, daughter OF the late Dr. hooert
Page, at Saratoga, Clark County, Va, on the 18th
ult.
A man named Bolivar was arrested in Chicago
ssturday for various forgeries. He had succeeded
in making perfect tao siaite Of Treasurer Spin
ners signature.
-.s4Fun rnmy agem OF purest ray serene, the
dark. uniathomed caves CT ocean BEAR a laoy
brushed $500 diamond breastpin overheard from
her bosom between Norfolk and New YORK; the
other day.
General Starring Prices life was insurtd for f
ten thousand dollars, The hsarse thai was uSse'
at his ,sunersi In st. Louis was the same en-
ployed to convey the remains OF Mr. Lincoln 20
Springfield 80 :.
THE patriotic General Logan. whose loyalty at
thu comu,encement Of the rebellion was unques-
toned and updisputed, only charges six Thousand
dollars for ssumping Ohio for the Radicals. There
is . love OF country for you.
Weston, the Portland (Me.l pedestrian, has
found the distance from that city to Chicago
tWenty-six uilez greater than he Thought when he
made his match to walk it for u 600 wager but
agrees to undertake it ii he can start two days
earlier.
"A new feature in the cattle trade In Virginia
has been insugurated by Mr.. BENJAMIN Owen, Of
Fsuquisr County, who recently purchased in Texas
and Mexico eight hundred head of cattle. These
cattle are antsnded for stock purposes, and are
represented to be superior to the animals raisea
in Virginia, especially in size. = 90
-Fsrmers report the apple up OF Massachus-
etts better in quality and larger in quantity this
yeor than for FIVE years past. The canker worm
has injured the trees less than usual. and, with
the liberal receipts from New Yolk and the West,
IL ia expected that Che market will be well SUP
Piled with this fruit and prices must recede.
-Brattlsboro, W., good as Il is 10 live IN, must
be better place to die md be:buried in. They
have an undertaken there OF whom the local paper
ssyn: ssBy his kind dsmeanor at funerals, the ex-
csllence OF his work, and the pEomptness with
which he attends to it. he is fist gaining reputa
ton among MS which must be very gratifying to
him.
--Ssnator Sumner has started ON his Western
lecturing tour, having nearly thirty engagements
to fu before tbs assembling of Congress. BIS
lecture is entitled ssAre We . Nationis and is n
opposition to State Rights. and in favor Of negro
suffsaee. sHe Nillihaks aYe or six Thousand dol
larsby the iscrures, to say nothing Of firing the
hearts of the peopla. s.es'.g {; (. =. ~ S'i
The East Florida Banner says that since 1s4S
the wsser couraes Of this State have not been 30
high as within the past week The result may be
briefly st,mned up in this sentence: The Dat
woods and swamps are under water, wharves,
BRIGGS and causeusys washed away, many farms
hidden and crops drowned, and general ruin star
ing s0me OF the proprietors.
An Engish statist reports that iD 1866. the
chief mineral producing countries Of the world
Welded SIS, ,5sz pounds OF gold, and four million
pounds OF silver. OF gold. Caklornis and the ad-
joining mineral districto produced 10000 pounds;
Australia and New Zealand, l31 OO0s Russia, 6s'
500; South America, " 900; Southern AsiAs q, ,ooO
OF silyor. Mexico produced1 ,7C9 600 pounds; the
United states, l,OOO, 100; Peru and Chib $4,000;
ard the rest OF Enrppe including the British Isles.
$4,000. Estimating the value of these metals at
present market valnes, tie yield OF gold fol The
year vas not far nom SIPS coo oo0, and Of silver
$75,o0o, ,0oo. IL sss ~
We COPY the following from the st. Louis
Times oiths lst: eMcnday was g day of mourn
ine for ST. Louis. the funeral ob5sguies of Major
GensrnI Stekling Price and his darghser-in-law,
Celeste, wife of Captain Celsius Price. being OBJ
aeryed at the First Msthodiat Episcopal Church
south. corner Of Washington avenus and Eighth
street. The General died on Sunday morning, at
fifteen minutes past two O'Clock, OF Mexican dys-
entery; and the daughter Of Geuersl Thomas l.
Price, of Jefferson City. and wife of Captain Gel
sus Price, son Of General Sterling Price, followed
him at midnight Of Sunday, fron complications
resulting ffcra cbildbrth. Tins. within the brief
space Of ono day,swas Captain Pree bcfaft of q
father, wife and child.
-Feu persons understand the magnitude of the
egg tr,ds Of New, York. The receipts for nine
.aonfhs Of this year have averaged at least one
thousaYd barrels . day. Each barrel contains
about eighty idczsn, or nine hundred and sixty
eggs. TIE aggregation, therefores would be in
one dali nearly million. The bulk Of arrivals are
nom ano. inulan, Anu s ss.s.s a..
market and these supplies nre considsred fresher,
and command better prices thsn those from the
West. Like cotton and corn they are considered
cash articls, sni can be sold Immediately. New
Ensiand ana New iork osa1e ns5e-s ssn.a.u
IN every neighDornood st ana snp 'efy hs'ie
to this city.
in the nrst volume oi.Dr 6enms sseesrapna-
cal Annual iases puonsnso :. Uo1na. .nslsl = -
interesting aIscae On .ae ]. 'l's es. ~
TINS was estimated Dy Su0cnnss 40 i.ss, - ~ - su w.
y ssp. a0a @ aseo :. - =, 20. oo ~ o"a sSUs - n;S
DJ nofscHs :. - .es, ~ - :.
tsllci' M aooo, o 80: r 49, 3s ''ts
1855, at l,x9uooo. II. Dsntn sil1Ases We ~ ~