The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-19
The 1ai1g Nems*
NEWS SUMMARY.

N IL "S ~ QAN411Ae As
Cotton closed in New York on Saturday at 2sac.
for Midding Uplands.
Gold closed at 14O5.
Cotton advanced i'd. in Liverpool closing at 1Otd
for Mddling Uplands.
General BUTLER has bottled himself up in his
seaside residence at Annisquam during the Con-
gressional vacation.
The dinner given ct the Hotel de Vile, Paris, to
lerys tho number Of guests being one hundred and
fifty. At the concert which followed about eight
hundred persons were present.
The consumption Of tobacco in France is in
creasng with great rapidity. In 17ss the revenue
produced BY the sale was go 0O0 900, which sum in
1911 had declined to 100000. Since the latter
date, however, an uninterrupted improvement has
taken place, and in 1866, ITS, 100000.
The Salt Lake Vtdeae, Of the 26th ult., says the
Colorado river had risen high as to back up Gila
river, causing the destruction Of Arizona City.
Warehouses; stores, hotels and residences were
swept away The loss is estimated at three hun
dred thousand dollars.
The Bavarians think that their young King will
do great deal better after his marriage with his
pretty cousin. The latter is q very spirited and
accomplished young lady, and the people OF BaVa-
ria are generally willing to bet that she will get
the musical crotchets out Of her iege lords head
and make sensble man Of him.
GARDINER DRAKE, Of Pennington, Me-, wove
last year palm leaf enough 10 make SOC, 900 hoods.
He employed 400 persons, and paid out ST, 900.
The business is carried on in thirteen towns.
Some Of the young women employed by him Darn
$500 per year, and remain at home, the work be-
ing sent TO them.
The number Of persons returning to France
from Rome, by way Of Mount Gents. was 30 great
convey them all, in spite Of the efforts Of the ad-
ministration. Each vehicle, containing from
twelve TO fifteen passengers, requires dozen
horses or mules for the ascent.
reaping contest took place at Woburn, Mass,
the other day, between JOSHUA CONVERSE, aged
ons hundred, and JEREMIAH gibson, aged seventy
seven. The contestants used the old time sickle,
and resped and bound their sheaves in An easy and
of.hsnd manner. Old Century was able to keep
up with the youngstsr.
During the late rejoicings in Rome the ex-King
or N8pl66 n6lU bOIb Ooo3 440 noPs oPoAA
house, and received four thousand visitors attach
ed to the old regime. 1t is said that lsIge num-
ber Of brgands took part in the celebration, and it
was remarked that for few days brigandage al
most entirely ceased.
The Gazette Of Cologne has heretofore been a
warm admirer and advocate Of the policy Of Count
BmxARoH. Recently, however, it ventured in q
long leader to crticise very mildly the treatment
Of the annexed provinces. The Government CEN
sor ordered the suppression Of the obnoxious ar
ticle It was too late to replace it, and the Gazee
appeared with its first two columns blank.
At tho Paris Exhibition . machine for packing
chocolate attracts attention. By means Of this ap
psrstus twenty -four cakes Of chocolate are in less
than second wrapped up, first with silver paper,
then enveloped with sheet OF white paper, and
instantly sealed with drop Of melted wax, upon
which hammer falls down and impresses the
stamp OF the manufacturer. -
A terrible earthquake occurred on the Island OF
java on June 10th. II wss very destructive, throw
tne down many buildings and killing many people.
The losses are said to Re incalculable. The sugar
crop, which had just been brought into the barns,
n totally lost. Ahrge number OF Europeans and
natives prished-th report says as many a. three
hundred. Il was feared also that other parts OF
Java might be visited by earthquakes.
4 census Of the poor Of Paris, has lately been
pubished by the general administration Of
public assistance in that city. This census, which
oomprisss only the poor who receive relief from
that charity gives the number in 1886 at los, ,119
parsons, comprising 1854 households. This is o
greater number than was reported BY either OF the
previous statements Of the administration in 1862
or 1858. UshoWs that out Of the total population
Of Paris,s1, ,7ss $50, one in every seventeen lives
upon charity. -
TIN Rio Grsnde Courier Of Sunday, July 18th,
,ubliahes the following: ga prominent merchant
of ofMsamoras was yesterday notified by the au-
thorities to appear ut certain place in the city
for the purpose Of registering his name. Once
there he was asked his nationality, and responded
thst be was British subject. he xas then in
formed that he must consider himseK Mexican,
and subject to al the liabilities Of native citizen,
and that only Americans are to be treated as for
eigners.
Iamentable accounts are received from Algeria.
The whole African colony ID said to be menaced
With famine. Several years Of bad crops and two
inyasons of locusts have brought the settlers and
the natives to the brink OF ruin. There is de-
Aoiancy Of corn in French Africa, and in some
places there does not remain any grain in stock.
The natives are gradually bringing their focks,
their only trtune to the towns on the coast to e1-
change them for some sacks Of wheat or barley,
for not only are the inhabitants without food but
there il also . want Of fodder for the cattle.
II. GxRon has recently been occupied in carry
ing out novel pictorial conception Of 'The Cruel
n1iot." This consists in rendering with the ut
most of his extraordinary power the terror and
psthos Of thst awful subject as they we're express
Cd In the features and actions Of the spectators
who soon after the event we're assembled at the
foot Of the cross. The hgures Of Christ and his
companions in suffering are represented in the
picture by shadows that fs before the spectators.
The City Of Jerusalem is shown in the background
Of the picture.
A letter from vichy says 'The King ofSweden,
CxARIis Xv., lives here in the strictest ncognito,
under the name Of Count DE BxHAsDoa; he re-
sides in the Emperor's villa, the interior Of which
II. L.fAu1I, the architect, bas arranged to suit
hin Msjestys convenience. he has in attendance
A1aun and WnLx,m, First and Second Inspec-
tors Of the Baths. The King is fond Of the theatre,
and goes there every evening. With that e1cep-
ton his e Is sinRularly retired. BE is said TO be
well vsrsed in music, himself writing words to the
melodies which he oomposes."
A letter hom the City Of Mexico says: "The
body Of MACMILLAN was embalmsd by DR.. RBA-
pAxInA, Medical Inspector Of the Army Of North
srn Mexico, on the staff Of General EsooBrDo.
After the embalmment it was taken to the chapel
OF the Convent OF the Cspuchin Nuns, where it lay
few days ago under = guard awaiting to be
claimed by some competent and authorised per-
son. It ia stated that the doctor has claim upon
the corpse for $4,000 or 10000, professional fee
for services and that it is held for this fee." The
Ne1icans, thus not only murder their prisoners Of
war but ssI their bodies post Tnorten for 3 con-
siderstion. We have read Of vampires and ghouls
-, rka Init navor fill now cOul5 yuo