The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-15
TlsR {1lailg 2 Nema.
NEWS SUMMARY.


Gold closed in New York ut 2stc. for Middling
Upands.
Gold closed al i0l.
Cotton at Liverpool advanced id., closing nt
10id. for Middlng Upland5.
The citizens OF Julcsburr have organized them
selves into all independent city, owing no allc-
ginnco to Nebraska or Colorado.
Near Quincy, ILL.,, during tho recent overflow Of
tho bottom, fish Of all kinds carried ulong
with tho flood in great abundance, and now, that
the rivor has fallen, tho diminished pools and
ponds arc literally filled will them.
Tho Council bluffs NonpdreH says the Union
Pacific Railroad Bridge IL located across tho Mis-.
souri, River at Trains Crossing, opposite Section
Thrco. IL iB' to be thirty feet high, stono picrs
and not TO cost over three millions.
Tho Springfield Republican sRys work i'll the nn-
tional arTnory Mt that place was reduced because
"l}EN. BUTLED il Interested i'll now breccli-loatcr
md is determined to fois, it upon the Government
and make it supplat tho ALLIS gun, which actual
service has shown to bo an oxccllcnt weapon"
Lcipsic bookseller announces that lo ia about
to publish Tho works of MAMMALIAN. They will
form soren volumes, OF which four are in the
LANDS the printer Tho publication is made
by tho oxprcss desire of tho Emperor FRsHcIs
JOSEPH.
been detected in the nice business OF selling tiplo
matte documents to foreign papers. Tho richest
part of tho developments i'll this affair is tho dis
corory That four-ftils Of tho dispatches thus sold
wero forgcries.
very marked illustration of tho powor of inn.
aGlnation was given at Portland, Me-, tho other
day, whcI several express and trucklncn were
overcome md sickcncd by 4 supposed stencil from
box containing tho neatly carved Indian for somo
tobnoconists sign, but what they imagined to DO
collin containing q corps.
Tho canal soon to DO built around tho Lower
Dos Moines Rapids Of tho Mississippi River is to
DO about soycn and half miles long, extending
from Nashville TO Kcol;uli. Tho width nj tho
water surface inado tho canal to bc three hnntlrol
feot in ombankment and two hundred and fifty feet
IN excavation, and III low water 10 be five feot eop
Iho fIcoMrE DE- MEAuS has written u volume
upon the revolution and tho Empire. II is
divided into two books, tho first OF wIicl, begins
with 1885, and comes down to tho foundation Of
the Empire, and tho last ends with tho Hun
dred Days. Tho point of view is a royalist one
though tho tono OF tho work is temperate and I'M,
partial.
In tho University C0nvocation nt Albany Dr.
LAMBERT said that physiology should be taught in
schools, so that onu could loarn what food to cat
Ho said "if scholar cannot resnIvo problem
easily, his brain should DO strengthened by n good
dish OF tripc. Tho superiority of Scotchncn ia
owing to oatmeal, and tho doseneracy of Tho pros
ont inhabitants Of massachusetts, to tho use of
hue wheat -four"
Whom Paris omnibus is full tho word COM
plot Is placed on tho rear of tho stage An
american IN Paris was anxious to SEQ all tho sights
and concluded that lie could IN part accomplish his
purpose by going about in tho different omnibuscs
ho saw many interesting spots but states that he
was never able TO get to g Complotn That p,aco
must possess superior attractions, though not
spoken Of in tho guido hook, for every omnibus 60
ing thero was always full"
VI tho new monastery to be built at Dubuuue,
the Herald says: The building is to be OF stone.
now bong quar1ied, and whom finished will be tho
most magnificent md imposing building in tho
state. Its dimensions will bo equal to block of
pulldings IN tho city, with sido walls forty feet
nigh, and on tho church tower two hundred feet
hgh In tho centro OF the building will DO n court
square OF ono hundred feet. Tho designs, it car
ned out, Will give Dubuque monastery somc-
thing like tho grand old structures of Italy,
a Now York arm hayo just completed a very ilno
stean fro ongno for tho Japanese Government.
which will be clipped in the ram Sionc,cda, re.
Gently purchased by tho Tycoon. Tho American
Arfizdn snys: Gas this will he tho first steam
hre engine introduced into that country, wo ca,,
easily imagine tho wonder and astonishmcnt
which will bo depicted upon tho grave visagcs of
the sedato Japanese, when for tho frat timo they
8ltUlIpBl.f effect this ''hnrl,arinn" ~,nc,.;~-
Tho p1nco Imperial OF Austria is boy of worry
metS 'eHper, anu Mt recent Juvenile party ho
tarashed tho son Of tho Prussian Ambassador for
son.o e'sParaginG remarks respecting Austria
during her recent war. Tho Emperor and Empresa
CHANGED to enter thn ronto ,ul,;Io tl,a
sian was whimpering, mud tho scono was PROMPTLY
changed. The Empress consolcd youne WEnrurn
dried his toars, and kissed him, whilo Fn.nc,s
JOSEPH inflicted summary caBtigation on lns i'm
petuous scion, telling him that it was djsrracofnl
for him to attack his own guest.
The Natal Caffres Of America are in pyofound
grief. Hard times prevail there md lnvo caused n
great rlse in the .price Of that indispensable COM
modify to Cairo as to every ono clso-a vito
Heretofore tho matrimonally inclined Oaffro cnnld
buy vito for the moderate price of ton COWS
COWS boing tho Caffrs ''greenbacks, md Iopo,
tonder at Natal. For fifteen COWS ho could secure
the best girl in tho village. Now, however, owing
TO scarcity, tho prico OF tho most ordinary wyes
ms fisen to twenty cowB, and above that in pro-
portion to the desirable character Of tho article
Henco the grief Of the CaiIree
lra Aldridgo, tho celebrated negro traucdia ::
aise va oa'uiuay iast unrnS professional tonr
In roland DO wns native of MARYLAND: pickod
mp tho shpbnilding when boy, aud attracted tho
notice OF EDMuSD KEAN during tho tour of tho
iatter IN this country forty years ago. He accom-
paniod tho great actor TO Europe as BODY ser.
want, manifested considerable theatrical genius.
and went on the stage. Tho prejudicos Of color
were too strong for him to succeed in thia conn
Try, bnt he was popular in Europe. He was on
gagged to appear at tho Academy Of Music, in Now
York, during tho month OF September. Uo was
hfty-seyen years Of ago whom ho died.
:. The burning we'll ut Pctrolia, in Canada, was
marvel to tho spectators. After many hours of
labor, tho ilames were oxtinguished The Reposi
Tor says: "fhe magnitude Of tho Cow OF oil now
pecame apparent and such ill OF pure oil issuing
nom the ground and filling all tho bitches aronnd.
had mover before been seen in this locality. Tho
production was estimated to bo from ono to two
Thousand barrels in 81 hours in this manner IL
ran to waste for about 4s hours aftor tho tiro wos
extinguiHhed, whom it ceased in conseouence os
tho bore becoming cboked with dirt. Machinery
Is now in process Of erection for tho purpose OF
casIEg and tubing.
Lettera from France state that tho south OF that
empire Will scarcely meot tho requirements OF it's
consumption. III tho centro of Frauco tho yybont
cars aro light and their quantity is not 30 consid
erhple as 1t had been hoped and supposed TO bo at
the moment OF howcring. III tho e1st of F.anco
merchants nro concluding for contracts for wheat
rom Germany, and especially from Hungary. Tho