The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

shawl wns recently sold in Now York for $4,000!
In tho same city women mako shirts for shilling
npieoo. - : ~ = Z.
It is reported that MASSEY, tho Fonian general,
loader and inforhapr, arrived in Canada por steam
or ~ AHdre,q.i1 ..TysEs:Tic,r 5r;.. - ~!
Tho use Of tobacco has been prescribed by tho
Vermont Mothodist Conference. Hereafter, no
porson addicted to the habit win ,bo admitted 70
membership :; ~ ..,
~; DsSter andtho Goldsmith mnro trottod at Mid.
dletop, Now Y 1rk, fox purae OF $1,000 milo hcats,
boat Three In 1Soa.T Tho race was won by DoItor In
three straight hoats tho best tmo boing 2:2s. =
y A young New York brokor lately raisod sensa:
tion In horso-cars by: paying tho faro OF oil tho
passengers on board Ono young man said ho,
would take sosar too. rN
Useful products Of tho pino trco arc now manu-:
factured at Paris as follows: Vegetable wsdding,
raw vegetable wool, flannel, Pine extract, spirits
Two Jspanoso, OrroAaIoroRo and JANKzETm-
RxR, recently visited Taaoos Lodge, Sons Of Malta,
ut Camden, and wore. received by tho Lodge in
. pr4cession, ,dressta in full regalia. M: II
ABritish tourist; Lord LooSE, is out with book
in,Hhich hoi says no found '.Bostou detostablo.,
The people seemed to him 'sbitter with o disposi-
tion akin to sayages." ,.. "i
Tho United States court Of clams awarded SAT-,
f528 10 JosKPn NOOK, for mail looks furnished tho
government nearly forty yoarH ago. Tho claims
has boon beforo Congross for many years. u
Thoro was manufactured and sold in tao town OF
Cambrido, W., Inst year, over three hundred tons
OF buttor which, at thirty conts, tho average
price paid amounted to two hundred and twonty-
eight thousand dollars. 50. l.,s, s.4.,g 'r2
The Now Albany Commerciat states that Hiss
CATHAn1NE HArroN, Of Caroline county, Virginia,
has lately mado the startling discovery that she ia
tho rIgltful lioir of property to tho amount OF
about ono million Of dollars in the upper part OF
Now Albany, ,.y
Tho Lynchburg Nrqinidn says: 'The Phils-
dephia eIcursionsts on leaving hero Saturday
morning, placed in tho hands Of Presidents oFEs
= and banIoGn tyo checks for hvo hundred dollars
eaoh;' TO bo distributed among tho poor. Thoy will
be gratefully Terhembared for this bencfcence."
Aplnn has at last beon adopted which govorn-
ment agents think will do away with much Illicit
distilling Of whakey. Each distillor is required
to hayo patented meter attached to his still,
through which all whiskey must pass. Tho meter
registers the number OF gallons passing through il.
A lady applied ut tho Portland, Maino, Polico
Ofioe on Monday, in search Of lost cat, for which
abe ofered $1,000 reward. / She brought the animal
from England, and Thought great deal Of 1t.
IThe cat had on Yhen lost gold necklace worth
about $40. which may account for ita disappear
ance.
A writor in BiaoktoooGs Magazine, in discussing:
aaIra in the United States. displays his knowledge
Of history Ok this country In tho following ro-
markable passage: Gen; JAoKsoa owod his elovn-
tion 70 having fought the British at New Orleans,
and having fought with diatinction in the. war
! against Meiicoi'
isoveI.l ntehen in New York havo or1saniledi
themeoIIy'es INTO company for tho purpose Of de-
vcioping pGnao springs Of sultxvr wutur, rvUeuuy
discovered at Saratoga! An Analysis Of this water
h5 shown it to be superior to tho German In med
ical properties, and has In addition plessanter
and moro pungent'taato.
The New Orleans Cfescert OF The 10th Gays Pro
badly. the closest run over made upon a bank In
the United States, was made during the laat two
dayH upon the bank. OF which Mr.. @. W. Couunls
is president: or $S75 900 upon deposit 500, 900
we're drawn out up to noon " starday; whom conf.
dance WAS again restored, and before 9 O'Clock,
3110 600 had again been placed upon deposit. q!
The New Orleans Crescent In q recent leader dis
cnsaes the relations present and prospective OF tbs
West Indies to tho United States, and predicts
that ere long; Cuba will DO ours; that when this
country nGrt ahsll offtr one hundred millions Of
dollars for tho gem Of the Antilles, Her Catholic
Majesty will pocket tho money and part with her
jewel
I. Ban Francisco German Almanac for 1867,
speaking OF the prevailing extrayagance In that
city, says: "Many persons refuse to take any
, change less than dime. Halfdimes, which are
the smallest coin in use. are less prizod hero evon
by tho po9rest, than cents arcin Now York. The
draymnn carries 8 gold watch, the washerwomAn
dresHea, IN silk, the chanbermaid is unhappy il
her bonnot is not Of the latest Parisian fashion,"
Tho Buffalo Advertiser haa seen a stovo Just in
vented In that city, It is heated with crude oil,
and can be kept jn operation alEdny at cost OF
-, k,,, 70 tx>l,o
forty-fys rninutos; bros steak in flye or seven
minutes; ;;hests fiat irons hstor than woman can
uBe them; bakes potatoes, roasts. Inoat 60, DO,
and 81 ,thisl without heating the apartment, or
.produeing thr least percoptiblo smell OF the oil.
TEantythreo years ago Secretary SEWARD visit
cd Carthage, Jefferson county, and callod at tho
house OF ANDREW, WALSH, whose vito had just
given birth to thrce daughters. Tho Secretary
complied to request TO name tho trio. Two OF
these daughters survive, and last Christmas they
wrote the Secretary. pleasant letter, reminding
him Of the fact referred to. Mr.. SEWARD replied
kindly; and fow days ngo sont zach Of thcm q
Biblo and two fifty dollar $40 United States bonds.
Charging excessive fees is complaint made
against nembcrs Of the loyal profession in all pnrts
Of the world, Recently, o Liverpool lawyer was
sued for charging excessively, and II was proved
that for collecting bill Of E41 10s. he had charged
y,
statea;I That greater pssta TO; soGidty than MIR.
PAntEh ttho iawyor) and his clork could not exist,
and the sooner thoir conduct was brought bctoro
the Law Society tho bottor.",;c Ifriggsl..Ht
Y R1-Governor FooTg, OF mississippi, has publish
cd in tho st. Loli5 Democrat the frat Of q aories
OF articles op nniyersa suffrage In this article,
which Is very long, ho alludcs TO tho question Of
womans suffrage ns grave and interesting mat
ter and contends that tho influence Of tho gentler
and purer seq Ia wanting to keep onr country ex-
empt from the horrors Of foreign or Domestic war,
and from variopa other OWLS Of an alarming char
2cter. u. :. :. - i-,"-!iG
Tho Tallahassee Sentinel saye perfect hors
exodu4-and yory preoipitate one withai-waG
made from Tallahassee on Friday evening last.
-Four OF these noble animals" lett the city On that
evening. Not "of their own freo Will,n though it
Ii belisSed that they 'emigrated," thus unoIpeot3
edly. "A man, or mon, probably won't with them.
Il would be fortunate II a well organized s'vigi.
knoo Committee" could follow up these frequent
horso thefts and pursue tho criminals to swih and
certain punishment. ~ :ars
or Mr. Gnxk1.Ey's visit 10 Richmond to become |
one Of the bail for JxYY. DAVIS, . Newspaper Of |
that city s,ys that II Is the first visit he has paid
to that city for tbirtyone Jears.o In 1895 hs pass-
I'd through Richmond, on his way 70 Warren, N. |
O., for tho purpose Of being unitod in mAthmony