The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-17
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NEWS SUMMARY.

"a . l 10 uttNo va
stone mill. He means to puzzle the antigua
rians Of the next century. Dt7f@@.s@
Tho crops in Utah are turning out better than
the moat experienced antlcipated, notwithstand,
ing the damage by grasshoppeta. n'3'rr, ~
Admiral Farragut saw In Sweden an entire l
battery OF bresch-loadifnig coannonis Of wrought iron, !
takon out Of q vessel sunk during the seventeenth
century. ,NNn{ Ht;f uun;
Prohibition has 80 demoralized the Maine
palate that boys ut .Maehias fill old rum bottles
with water and sell them for whiskey, and nobody
knows the difference.
"A Nashville dispatch says that. there.is strong
ground for assertion that Governor BroWnlow will,
il not too feeble to travel, take q trip to Europe ati
an early day, whether he is elected to the United
States Senate or moi. Nit&
River in front Of Plaquemine, Louisiana, is one
hundred feet, and the least aftoen fest. The
measurements Wore mado alta distance' of three
hundrsd feet from shore, at different points.
The Pacific Railroad ia now receiving hon.
lock railroad ties. from Chicago, five hundred
mllss, and then up the road four hundred miles
nine hundred miles by rail-at q cost delivered at
the Missouri River, OF not over eighty cents por
tie.
Mexico refuses to give up the body Of Maxi
Wtlian, and the United States refuses to give up
this country cannot ml,sef 81 Ssaa :, The civilization Of
Of Mexico In tho matter Of furnishing dead m SsS
and women.
The editor ofthe Louisiana Democrat saw, o
few days ago, in Alexandris, an old negro freed
man., at least eighty-ave years old, with two large
navy revolvers buokled to his waist, a pepper-box
revolver in each breeches pocket, a huge sugar:
cane knife in his bosom, and q loaded walking
cane in his right hand. He was a delegate to the
Radical mongrel convention.
The tin toys used in this country are now
nearly all made in Meriden, Connecticut, where
large quantities of tin household goods are also
manufactured. 1t occurred to the makers Of these
latter that their scraps could be advantageously
used for toy objects, and with the advantage Of
labor-ssving machinery, they have driven their
German rivals from this market.
1t is one of the significant indications of the
progress Of the age that passengers can now pur-
chase tickets in New York direct for China, Japan,
New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands and Australia,
an well co points in Europe. The establishing Of
tho Pacific steamship line between San Francisco
and Shanghai inaugurates the revolution which
makes a voyage to the most distant lands no more
than q holiday excursion.
T New York Heaald states that a compare
tive Abatement Of prices in New York, Philadel-
phia, Paris. London, Berlin, and other prominent
cities in all parts Of tho world shows that our
metropolis is the most expensive on the globe in
the matter Of food. The whole cause Of this 20.
Gial misfortune lies in the fact that the food itself
comes to the consumers through too many mid
die men, all OF whom must make their per centage.
The Knoxville Press says: 81. W. Allen has
arrived with specimens of the mineral wealth Of
the Cumberland Mountains he has gathered.
Those that have particularly struck us are q bit of
iron ore containing ninety per cent. Of pure
metal, a piece OF pure alum as taken from the
original bed, and several particles of black oxide
or manganese, which exists in abundance, and is
valuable for bleaching or as q substitute for COP.
Peras."
i Boston Posts Washington correspondent
says: A attachment has been issued for Gene.
raj Baker, to bring him again before the Judiciary
Committee, and it ia said he is now under ar
rest. The GeneralNwu be required to explain
many Of hiA statements, which are in direct con.
Met, concerning President johnson. It 10 under
stood hat no member Of the committee gives the
slightest credence to anything Baker has said, I'm.
Less aubstantiated by other testimony"
Tho Pacific Railway Directors, it 10 reported,
have resolved to use petroleum az q fuel for their
locomotives. The coal discoveries reported on the
line Of that road may be exaggerated; but even if
correct, it Will require time to work them proper
ly, and o settlement Of the Indian troubles, 40
that mining operations will be safe. 1t ia repre-
scented that one locomodvec can carry sufficient pe-
troleum, without infringing on the room necessary
for freight and passengers, to keep up steam for a
run OF q thousand miles.
-Th6people living along the Hudson River, in
the neighborhood Of the place where the steamer
Dean Richmond was wrecked, are reaping a good
harvest from that disaster. The cheese, which
formed a large part Of the cargo of tho steamer,
10 floating up and down the river as the tide Gibbs
and dows, and parties from both shores put off in
boats and capture large quantities Of it. They
say 1t is Of excellent quality, and not damaged.
The total less to tho company owning the Dean
Richmond, by the accident to their steamer. in
said to amount to $500, 600.
The evening schools of New York city include
one high school, two oolored schools, and thirteen
male and eleven female schools. To these are
admitted pesaons Of every class and age, from
twelve years to sixty. They are taught in the
usual rudtmsnts, and in the high school algebra,
bookkeeping, navigation, natural philosophy,
practical mechanics, the French, German, Span
'h and English languages, and other more diha- /
ouS branches are taught. The schools are ut !
present IN full operation, twonty-one hundred
scholars being in attendance.
In Warrington City o new system OF running
ears has been introduced. Only one-horso cars
are run, and they have no conductors. They are |
Twelve rect ak inches long, seven feet six inches |
WIDE, seven feet Ave inches in height (inside). and |
sse calculated for sixteen passengers each. eioht |
on o aide. These cars are said to weigh about
three thousand pounds each. There is no rear |
platform. but in it's place q low step. on which |
people got ir and out. The front platform il ex-
olusiveIy for the driver, being semi.ciroular In
form, and fenced in to prevent passenpera from
getting ON.
AT q former session Of Congress the Secretary
OF war was authorized to sell ths grounds ena
pivPvsvy VI Tue government ct Harper's Ferry. |
and arrangements were afterward made by the |!
department to bring them into market. But
there appears to be Q stay Of the proceedings. the |!
heirs OF those who sold the property TO tho Coy
sfnnaent now claiming that the deed expressly |
provides the land conveyed to the United States
snouldb used only by the Government. and by no
otner parties. The ame.nt purchased was about one
hundred and twenty-five acres, for seven thousand
dollars. The deed was executed TO George Wash-
1nSton' who acted in behalf Of tho Governments.
-IhA Credit MohiliAr. the lannon's French an.
gine OF speculation, Is threateued with colapse. /
Established ostensibly to furnish capital for i'm
porsaat business enterprises, it's shares have been
subject 70 tho most extraordinary fluctuations. |
Ass capital stock was originally leo, 00O,0 francs,
pay value boo. Subsequently, tho stock was doub-
&c., and at times OF active speculation the shares
nave changed hands NJ 1894, while they have sold
~ LOW 40 300. Its d~ireotiora havn haan ~ Ieta 4