The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-25
The lali11gg laig NeHs~
NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed IN Llverpool yesterday at o!u'
for Middling Uplands; sales 10000 bales.
Ninety. thousand dollars worth Of Nicolson |
pavemen.h has just been laid in Columbus, Ohio
Mrs. Olphant, we'll known as novelist Is
writing work on Religious Life on the continent
Who is the straightest man mentioned "i
the Bib,e Joseph-Pharaoh made ruler VI
him.
"A bar of gold, taken from Colorado Gu'cn
weighed two hundred and twenty-siA ounces VA
ued at $500.
A reporter in the Office OF the Bath (Ae.)
T;mes ran nine miles in one hour and two minutes
the other day.
Mrs. Ella Merrick Thomas, Of Amherst, Mass
i, the Youngest mother in America, being only
thirteen years of age.
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks. at present IN the
United States Senate. is to be the Demorratc CALI
didate tor the Governor of Indiana.
There are now seven ships on ther way iroin
LIVERPOOL to Savannah, Ca, with assorted careoes
and one from Stockholm, bringing load OF ron
-As An evidence OF the great number OF vpers
in France it is stated that a single department
Maid ~ 90s francs for the destruction OF 59,6S4
vpers in 1866.
-Ristori was gipsey. Her father and mother
belonged TO wandering company. She first ap-
peared OH the stage at two months old, in basket
of Flowers.
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.
"A Wisconsin paper says the amounts OF iun'-
Der put into the rivers Of that region this season
is only about one-third the usual average, o. III
round numbers fifty million feet
A tournament took place on the 18th IN Coiuni-i
lumbus, Missouri, in which three Of the champions
were called respectively Last Knight the othef;
Knight, and Tomorrow Knight.
The New Orleans papers record the death, nom
yellow fever, Of Captain James H. HucEins, at one
time commander Of the Confederate cruiser She
nandoah, aged 66 years.
Divorces are said to be so common in Detrios
that citizen Of that city held reception party
the other night to receive CO.. grstulations upon
having visited Chicago and returned without being
divorced from his wife.
A Coptis Christian is about to open hotel ~
Luxor, the ancient Thebes. It is said to be q
handsome houso, built in the European STYLE ana
surrounded by a pretty garden fun OF trees-4
very pleasant thing in Egypt.
Antiquarian researches around Nashville have
revealed the site of an ancient and popnlous Tow
Pottery. bones, shell ornaments, images, and 50
forth, have been dug up from mounds OF elaborate
construction. The search is to be continued.
An Irishman claimed that the election OF GEM
Gary, in Cincinnati, had cheapened the price of
provisions, alleging that he had purchased dozen
nne fowls for five cents. The allusion Was to the
Inouirer. which ornamented its columns with
roosters.
The Raiah Of Mysore has asked for q grant Of
$50 900 to celebrate his investitrre with the lnsg
nia of the order.ot the Star Of Inda. few months
ago he spent f1m f7OOO to 100000 in keeping up
his birthday, and last summer still larger sum
on the occasion Of adopting o son.
1t is reported In England that the Viceroy Of
Egypt has ordered corps OF 10000 men to pro
cesd to the frontiers of Abyssinia. The authori-
ties at Cairo fancy that the British expedition Is
not half largo enough, and say that at least 49, 09O
men ought 10 be sent 10 make areai Impression
',h,A-It is stated by the London Board OF Health,
in q recent report to Parliament, that the Je IS
are peculiarly exempt from cholera. disappears
that out of 8 population Of 10000, besides 2Oop
Portuguese, but eighteen cases OF cholera oe-
ccusted,a and the Same immunity was observable
during the epidemic OF 1882. as.a..d'. U.s..
III -ssia does not appear to be in very fine f.
,e,o;al oan Har- -daht- has -trebled -Nithin
State Bank OF Russia long ago gave out, and it il
constantly issuing its inconvertible notes to meet
the wants OF the Government. Since 1862 Russia
has annually expended an amount very far in ex-
cess Of its revenues. .---.. q
England is shipping her Fenian conyicts to
Australia, and, October Sd, sent fifteen of them
from Chatham to Western Australia. One hun
dred and thirty-fve other convicts accompanied
them, The Fenian convicts like the remain der OF
the prisoners, we're chained together in gangs,
but it was observed that they were kept apart
from the other convicts in portion Of the vessel
by themselves.
-Simson, the President OF the new North Ger
man Parliament, is baptized Jew. His par
liamentary experience is very great. he WAS the
second President Of the German Parliament in
i8lS. President of the Erfuth Parliament in 1S4S,
ON which occasion Bismarck served az youngest
Secretary under him. President of the second
Prussian Chamber, and President Of the 6rst
North-German Parliament. .- z
Zwednd the following in the Pointe Coupee Echo,
Of the 2Sth ult: We were shown few days ago q
copper COIN, found by Mr. James NJ. Hurst, OF this
Parish, on the river bank, some two miles below
the Pointe Coupee Church. Cn one side OF the
coin there is crown above two capital LIS crossed,
surrounded by the words "Nomen Domini Bene-
-diotum;n on the reverse, tho words colonies
Trancaises, 1928 H." ~
"A correspondent OF the London Times directs
attention to the amount Of undraned land il Eng
land and to the opportunity for the profitable en-
ployment Of money which capitalists have no
longer the courage to invest in popular speopla-.
tions. In the twenty -six years that have elapsed
since the passing Of the public and private moneys
drainage acts, ten millions tsrEng have been en-
ployed in drainage with satisfactory results. Mhny
millions Of acres still remain wet. a..
- watch, said to have been tho property Of
General Washington, which was captured" bya
Federal officer or soldier during the war, has re-
Gently passed into the hands Of some honest peo-
pie in Tennessee, who are taking steps to restofe
1t to its rightfu1 owners It il Of the pattern so
popular with our ioreiathers, and styled by their
irreyerent descendants, "bull's-eya." On the back
is neatly engraved the initials &c. W." The
quHhty. Of the gold is remarkably fine, and the
case is worn thin by long usage. 9ac
Tho Wilmington Journal says 'Tuesday af-
ternoon white man named Irving johnson arriv
ed in this city, from Bladen county, on small
raft containing about six cords Of wood, whidb he
had not only cut himself, but put together ih the
shape Of raft, and foated all the way to this
city by the river, distance of about thirty miles,
unaided and alone. This industrious man LETT his
home last Saturday, and was three days and nights
on the river with his little raft. We pleased to
state that his wood brought good price,"
The New Orleans Picsyune, of the 18th inst,
announces the death of the famous caterer, 9ou.
dro Of that city, and says: 'Boudros fame wis not
confned to this State or this country. There were
epicuresin Europe-such men as Thackeray and