The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-30
The llali1g Mems
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed in Now York at 27tc: for sIiddling
Uplanda.
Gold closed 10y.
Cotton closel in Liverpool yesterday at 1Old. for
bIiddng Uplands.
Poru iB in a very unsettled condition. Robbers
iulcst tho country, and tho road from Callao to
Lima is again in possession of bandits, rendering
II unsnfo TO travel oven that short distance.
II was reported in Paris that before ho entered
Quorciaro, MACMILLAN shipped for Europe his
tory of Tho French expedition to Mexico, written
by his own hand, and that tho manuscript is in tho
possession Of Due DAUaAl.E for publication In tho
Fronch capital.
Tho Paris Tract Society has scattcred 4O0, 600
tracts during tho last yoar, DO dos Christian al
manac Of groat raluo, called din,anach des 5onis |
consciis, printed at 1000 copies. 1t publishes,
also, monthly magazine called L'dmi dc Ia Jenn- |
csso FdIatties, OF tho low price Of eighty cents.
Tho "cilios" Of tho frontier may DO cnlorprising
but thoy nrc hardly substantial A recent account
OF affairS in Western Kansas says Ellsworth is
slowly recovering from tho effects Of tho lnto flood.
Tho city is being removed to higher ground, up
tho Smoky Hil about milo from it's present site.
Al tho buildings aro being removed.
Tho grain elevator ut Milwaukee ttho lnrgcst i'll
the world being $50 feet long, 30 wido and 100 high
and weighing 600 tons) is to be raisod four feot
foundation for the insertion Of timbers, and undcr
these 1000 Sorrows will BIO placed for lifting tho
immense structure.
The Selmn Times learns from gentleman who
has rcccntly travelled over tho greater part Of
Middle Alabama, that tho corn crop iB maGnif-
cont. Tho cntiro country looks like land OF
promise. There is no doubt thut tho corn crop
this year will be ono Of tho finest over raised in
Alabama.
Tho Muriou tFlorida) Courier says tho crop
prospect in this tJackson) County is much bctter
than it was last year at this time. Cotton is OF
good size and vigorous. Corn is growing finely,
to prevent a full crop being made. Cano md
: other food crops nIe doing well. -.
An exchange says: ''Babies resemble wheat in
many respects. Firstly-Noithcr nro good for
much until they arrivo at maturity. Secondly
Both arc bred In tho house. and also tho flowor
OF tho family. rhirdly-Both haYo to bo graded.
Fourthly-Both are generally well thrashcd boforo
thoy arc dono with"
There aro not many worry old people In tho
United Statos According to tho last census, 1900
pereons wcro living who had attained tho age of
100 years. OF these wero-whito, 440 black, 6Ss;
muiatto, &C; Indians, &c. Women attained high
longevity in creator numbers than men, and black
people moro than whto. There were-whitc males,
1Si; fcmnlcs, 25G; black males, 2G5; females 293.
India regiments, which composed entirely OF
blacks, differed by whites, Inns just received tho
.YictoTa Cross" for bravery in tho field. This ia
the first instance in which such y distinction has
boon conferred on colorcd soldier in tho British,
service. Tho presentation of tho "Croes," which
took place mt Dalizo, attended, with good
deal OF ceremony, The Governor of tho Colony of
British Honduras taking part in the proceedings
Tho Germans Of this city, says tho Chicago
Tribune of tho 25th, will hold grand festival OIL
Friday oyoning i'll Turner Hall in honor OF tho
celebrated poet, FEnp1NAsD FREIIIanAru woll
known to many Americans as q translator OF
LoEoFELLow's Hiawatha and other works. For
twcnty years past ho has bccn resident OF Lon
don, exiic1 from Prussia on account of Ills liberal
principles, and is now in very Strengthened cir
cumstances. Tho lealing German societies will
appear in his honor md lno timc mny be c1-
pected.
Tho arlcsian wells in Algeria, long attempted
without success, now number probably about one
hundred, delivering five six million litres OF
water per hour, md converting deserts into gar
dens whorover thoy havo boon bored. The work
ia going on, dcfrayed by tax upon tho bcucfttod
population, and is destined to roclaim incalculablo
wastes. In single district-that Of oued Rir-
taini6s fhifty M '' wislis, tbG6 agSq 6po
been formed, and $50 900 dato irocs planted. Four
military boring brigados, vol provided with imple-
ments, and with growing skill aud experience, are
steadily pushing on the conquest OF the dosort mud
with utmost unerrins success in eyery attempt.
Says San Frnncisco correspondent Formerly
tho smallest coin in use was, in native phrasool-
ogy, two-bit piece-25 cents. OF late years
tho public mind has accommodated itsclf to tho
usc Of dmcs, but the man who should endcavor to
mako purchase with smaller coin would hayo
tho article presented to him, and bo immediately
asked, "JuBt from tho States, eron't you 2" At a
fruit stand recently I met now conner trying to
induce tho proprietor to part with ono orange for
filthy lucre. 'No, no-keep your money" was tho
persistent reply; ''wo nevGr cell an orange. I'll
give you one-pick it out" Amazed at such an
element in trado, tho stranger, finding tho man in
earnest, felt bound to purchase enough to pay for
in tho coin Of the country.
The Pail Mall GdztRe describes tho now inyen-
lion OF making furnaces consume thor own smoke
as follows: 'Tho mouths Of tho short chimnoys or
cupolas Of the blnst furnaces arc closed, and the
smoko and gas aro carried down and brought
round by means Of iron pipes TO tho fireplace OF
tho engino which keeps up tho blnst. Those pipes
discharge just in front Of small bright coko fire,
in passing oyor which their contents got kindlcd,
nnd 30 feed tho engine. Thus tho saving in fuel is
immense, tho fro in tho smelling furnace boing
made to do almost double duty, md the consump-
tion OF smoke is gain to all concerned Proba-
bly, tho plan admits OF extension, SO that by-and-
by acts for forcing manufacturers to consume their
own smoke may not bo quito such q dead letter as
they hayo hitherto been."
The following official information has been re-
ceiyed at tho Greek Legation: According to tho
latest official accounts from Crete, OMAR PAsuA
has been repulsed with sevnro losses from tile
mountain region Of Sphokia, and returned again
to the Fortress Herodcon, burning fifteen villages
on his retreat, md looming oil the Greeks who
foreign Powers have rejected the SuItan's PROPOSE,
tion Of Crctan committee Of inquiry to consist Of
Turks nlono, they insisting upon mixed Christian
and Turkish commission. The Turks will not con-
sont to this until after tho departure OF tho Crook
volunteers from Crctc, while the Crotans decline
to aecode until aftrr tho departure OF tho Turkish
and Egyptian troops. Tho famous Grccan block
: 10 runner A' cad. has made, in tho meantime, it's
fifteenth expedition to Crete, lnnting munitions
and provisions, and enabling q largo number of
Greok women and children to escape from tho
Sultan's crielLca.
Western Radical fanatic, writing TO tho Chi.
oago Tribune is for bringing down tho vials OF Az
mighty wrath OIL the AIormons IIo wants Con-
gross to pass law to mako polygany sbiph
treason" Why not make IL turglary2 However.