The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-25
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NEWS SUMMARY.

Cod IN New York yesterday closed at 1aaa.
Cotton yesterday closed in Now xork ssASb g.
40 for Middling Uplands. -
COTTON closed in Liverpool yesterday ct 8ad.
fer Middlins UplapdS fsaleSAO 900 bales s
Ninety thousand dollars worth Of Nicolson
pavement has just been hid in Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Oiphant, we'll known as a'snovelist, is
writing y work on Religious Life on the Continent.
Who is the strsightest mar mentioned IN
the Bible 2 Joseph-Pharaoh made o ''ruler" Of
him. .el.1.l .t tri.f. L.A 91G Il;Arge
A bar Of gold, taken from Colorado Gulch
weighed two hundred and twenty-six ounces, val
"A reporter in tho Office OF the Bath (Me.)
Times ran nine miles in one hour and two minutes.
the other day.. y~lot1fGct ,s ,otp4ts eNi;tt SIT ~a.
Mrs. Ella Mefrick Thomas, OK Amherst, Mass,
ia the youngest mother in America, being only
thirteen years Of age. e"@a sa' 4es ~ eHt
Hon. Thomas a. Hendricks at present in the
United States Senate. is to be the Democratic can
didate for the Governor Of Indiana.
There are now seven ships on their way from
Liverpool to Savannah, Ga, with assorted car8oes,
and ono from Stockholm, bringing q load OF iSon-
As en- evidence OF the great number Of vipers
in France, 1t Ia stated that o single department
paid 1908 francs for the destruction Of 58,694
vipsrs In 1886. VI las,.. .ls. dbl 4e
-Ristori was O gipsey. Her father and mother
belonged to a wandering company. She first ap-
peared on the stage at two months old, in o basket
Of Flowers. "a. "@ HtftN4 a.
Coffee or broth should never be allowed to
boil. In coffee the aroma escapes with the steam,
and with broth the essence Of the meat escapes.
So says Blot. 4 -,gs.a
"A Wisconsin paper says the amounts Of lum-
Der put into the rivers Of that region this season
10 only about one-third the usual average, or in
round numbers City million feet.
A tournament took place on the 18th in Column
lumbus, Missouri, in which three Of the champions
wero called respeotivelu 80. nAh~-
knight, and Tomorrow Knight
yv..g~ r5Scr; 0roapEain James II. Huokins. at one
time commander of the Confederate cruiser She
nsndoah, aged 60 years.
Divorces are said to be 80 common in Detroit
that q citizen Of that city held q reception party
the other night to receive congratulations upon
having visited Chicago and returned without being
divorced from his wife.
"A Coptic Christian 10 about to open q hotel at
Luxor. tho ancient Thebes. 1t is said to be a
handsome house. built in the European style. and
surrounded by q pretty garden full of trees-a
very pleasant thing in Egypt. r4
Antiquarian researches around Nashville have
revealed the site OF an ancient and p~opulous tow n
Pottery, bones, shell ornaments, images, and SO
forth, have been dug up from mounds OF elaborate
construction. The search 10 to be continued.
An Iishman claimed that the election Of Gen.
Cary, in Cincinnati, had cheapened the price of
provisions, alleging that he had purchased q dozen
hne fowls for i've cents. The aIlusion was to the
Inquirer, which ornamented its columns with
BOOSTERS.
The Rajah Of Mysore has asked for a grant Of
8 ,0OO to celebrate his investiture with tho insip-
mia Of the ordersof the Star OF India. A few months
ago he spent from E700O to f1O, 600 in keeping ND
his birthday, and last summer a still larger sum
on the occasion Of adopting q son.
IT is reported in England that the Viceroy of
Egypt has ordered q corps Of 10000 men to pro-
coed to the frontiers Of Abysainia. The authori-
ties at Cairo fancy that the British expedition ia
not half large enough, and say that at least 4O. 900
men ought 10 be sent TO make a real impression.
1t is statsd by tho London Board Of Health,
IN q recent report to Parliament, that the 10 vs.
arc peculiarly exempt from cholera. It appears
shat10us OF a population of 10000, besides 1000
Portuguese, but eighteen GASES OF cholera 90.
CURED, and the anne iimmunity was observable
during the epidemic OF 1882. 44a-rra 'tf
Russia does not appear to be in q very fine f.
nanciala condition. Her debt has trebled within
the last twenty years. Specie payment by the
ctase bsnk OF Russia long ago gave out, and it is
constantly issuing its inconvertibIe notes to meet
~~0 ""Ao" " SAo 0OVoIuHl0nt. 6lnC0 1861 Russia
has annually expended an amount very far in ex-
cess OF Its revenues.
England is shipping her Fenian conyicts to
Australia. and, on October Sd, sent fifteen of them
from Chatham to Western Australia. One hun
dred and thirty-ave other convicts accompanied
them. The Fenian %convicts, like the remainder OF
the prisoners, were chained together in gangs,
but it was observed that they were kept apart
nom the other convicts in q portion Of the vessel
by themselves.
|6inson, the President Of the new North-Ger-
man Parliament, is a baptized Jew. His par
hamentary experience is very great. He was the
second President Of the German Parliament in
1SAs. President Of the Erfuth Parliament in 1s49.
on which occasion Bismarck served as youngest
Secretary, under him. President Of the second
frussian y Chamber, and President OF the Hrst
North-German Parliament. t
-Wefnd the following in the Pointe Coupee Echo.
OF the 2Sth ult: We were shown a few DAYS apo d
copper coin, found by Mr. James M. Hurst. Of this
Parish, on the river bank, some two miles below
the Poinse Coupee Church. On one side of the
COIN there is o crown above two capital LIS crossed.
surrounded by the words "Nomen Domini Bene-
oictum;" on the reverse. the words COLONIES
FRANCHISES, A828. H" ~d.gf5g4f MI 1-~-
"A correspondent Of the London Times d,rects
attention to the amount Of unframed land in Fpo-
end, and to the opportunity for the profitable en-
ploymsnt of money which capitalists have no
Longer the courage to invest in popular specula-
Gons. IN the twentyesix years that have ELAPSED
since the passing OF the public and private moneys
drainage ACTS. ten millions sterling have been en-.
Pleysdin dsAinAse wish satisfactory r-osu,ts- 49,
millions OF acres still remain wet.
A watch. said to have been the property Of |
General Washington. which was .'captured" by q
Federal officer or soldier during the war. has re- |
passed into the hands 81 some honest peo-.
PIE In Tennessee, who aretaking steps to restoso
It TO It's riGhtfai owners. II Ia Of the platform so1
popular; With our forsfathsrs, and styled by their
irr.ezerent descendants, .'bull's-eye." On the back
70 neatly engraved the initials 80. W." The
quality Of the, gold is remarkably Ane, and the
10 werarthin BY long usage. lsg, Will sI.eg
Tho Wilmington Journal says : ssTuesday af-
Eernoon . white man named irving johnson arriy-
ID In this city, from Bisden county, ON q small
rant containing about six cords OF wood. which he
bad not only cut himsela, but put together in the
shape OF Q raft. and ftoated all the way 70 thia
dty by ths river. 9 distance OF about .s,.-tv miles,
anaided and alone. This industrious man lefL his Il
Aonae last Saturday, and vas three days ana nichta
IN the river with his little raft. We are pleased to
rate tha4 bis wood brought 3 good price,"
Tho New Orleans Picayune. Of tho 18Th mat. \
the death Of the famous caterer, Bon.