The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-02
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NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed in New York dull at 26ao. for Mid
ding uplspda. .zss z--.-7-sr. -
Gold closed in New York at ss}
Cotton was quoted at Liverpool at lid for Mid
ding Uplands.
In Paris 1t Is computed that they spend annual
y 16S 600 900 hanos for beef and mutton, 81, ,O0-
200 for bread, and 2O2 0O0 900 for wine and beer.
A Mobile paper says to the citizens, "Die while
yuu can die cheap" and says Of the city sexton !:
"Our old friend BzBsouJoN, will bury any one
friend or foe-at twenty per cent. reduction OF
former prices. Here's your time"
A club Of loyal men, recently organized at Hil-
ton Head, 8. G., is called the 'Iincoln Club, ana
now numbers 150 members. At q late election
held ON Hilton Head Island, for Justice OF the
Peace, there were 40 Republican votes cast
against 70 Democratic.
1T the recent grand dress ball in Paris, attended
BY the English royal youths, at which knee
breeches were worn, some wags amused them
selves by sticking pins into the calves ofthe young
gentlemen, and the fact that the victims were
quite unconscious Of the s'point" caused much
rnerriment among the spectators.
Large numbers OF Chinese coolies are being
taken tpHayana. The correspondent of the Jour-
nal ofrIbu.asrce reports the arrival on the 12th
:nsk, Of txo hundred and eighty-two coolies from
MAana and Mariel, and ON the 18th, OF another In
vqEte OF two hundred and seyenty-four celestials
, Tor the cane fields Of Cuba.
Msjor-General RAwIINs, General GRANTS Chief
Of Staff has been lecturing in Galens, the home OF
GIAs1, giving the history Of the rebellion, and
skotching at length the acts Of the Government
since its surender, showing that the President
has prrsued an eminently pacifcatory course. be
is suppoesa to reflect the views Of Gen. GRANT.
Her,Msjesty's surveying steamer Gstaare has
srSfyed. at st. Johns, under orders from the Ad-
rnirslty 10 run y careful line Of soundings nom
Pfstentis. Newfoundland, to the French Island OF
81 Pierre: and thence to North Sidney, Cape Bre-
S1s~Ym The new cable to be laid this summer for
she New York, Newfoundland and London Tele-
graph Company. ,.I.ss5.. 81
II ia stated that the various Catholic Bishops
that have sailed from the United States TO Europe
% sssist in celebrating at Rome the eighteen hun
areth anniversary Of the martyrdom OF ST.. PETER,
which takes place in few days, have carried with
them about $4,000. This, added to the dona-
lions brom Hcuth America, makes up the large
sum Of nearly $t,0O0,0Oo.
y The Boston Traveller says that Notwithstanding
The general dulness Of tho times, the foreign in
~ports at that port average nearly one million Of
dollars per week, IN gold. Adding to this the
premium, So per cent, commissions, freight and
other charges, the imports would amount TO near
N two millions each week, in currency At tne
prassns tine, some ffty ships and bsrks are on
/, their yay to that port from foreign countries.
An Indian hatchet, Of stone, and almost q per-
sat an the dsy Il was cut by lis dusky owner, was
,s,arfJy found at Wrishtsville, Pa. Its size is
.aven inches by three md hall, and was OF river
.sone. .,ith ratbar q blunt point, the bit being
Ground or, rubbed down to very respectable edge,
snd tba .siss deeply scored for the insertion or
s...a.snT Of the handle. II this weapon could
,,ask. Wiiat tale 1t might unfold.
fThe exciSemsnt caused in Springfield by the late
esse oftrrhins, 10 shown in an incident related Of
oo1ored boy who had BEEN canvassing the city
M the relief Of his destitute brethren in the South
6omSb body gave him some hams, but he was afraid
thsy Wus diseased 30, after isborious oogitation,
hs shSnon 4 bright expedient he would give one
a the hasns to an Lishman, and it proved fstal,
he woIh then throw away the rest L
% ,Eeypk which, the cable reports, has just been
erected into q separate kingdom contains seven
and hsN milhons Of inhabitants. It's capital
Cairo, hasa population Of 9s5 900, and Aexandrin'
the chies commercial city, not less than 17O 900.
The country Ia in Q very prosperous condition,
The ifHa3saticAs went up IN rafue frord
In 1865 10 aaaaly s2s 100000 IN 1854. During the
ssns ams the exports increased from SIS, ,4OO, 600
10 mon than t56, 900. T.,
We mentioned, Q few days since, the arrival OF
. schooner ffom Norfolk, containing lot Of iron
nom ths wreck Of the ram Aerrfmac, among
which was large Confederate banded rifed gun,
which was burst when the ram was blown up,
on Cransy Island, on the 10th Of May, 1852. The
,s,in :has since bean landed, and will be taken to
the Tredeear Works, where 1t will most probably
be rolled into railroad iron or made into cooking
utsnnils.
,qss thunders shook the mighty desp,
{ . isjs Ind shcre shouh be its grsve."
AIibsrisn: merchant Is in Virginia buying to-
bsOco for that distant country. His name is --
DsB. colorsd man, who emigrated from Rich
mond many years ago, and by industry and unu-
sual inssligence won place among the first citi-
! seas of he Rspablio Of Iiberis. BE has with him
two rinas Manufactured Of Guinea gold by the un-
tutored csassges Of the interior Of Africa, which,
remarkable 70 say have the signs OF the Zodiac en-
ersved on them. M. DAILY, after the transaction
Of hisbusinsssin this country, returns to Liberia,
of which Republic be eiyes . glowing account.
The forcible removal Of HASrA AS,tA by the
Ms1icap liberals from an American vessel will, it
d skouEht, demand the intsrferenee OF the United
States for suitable apology and for his liberation
In tho Trent case, this Government did not hesi.
tate tooompy With the request Of the British
Gcyeenment for the delivery Of MAsolrand sIlDEIl,
sndil i Mpposed that it viii expe,t nom others
the same respect to International obligations. Un-
less tho liberals have already executed SANTA ANsA
oe shan do 70 before the demand can be made,
thsy WIN haye TO restore him hs liberty, at the risk
OF his isnding again under more auspicious cir
isumstsnees and returning the Little compliment
he has tust received. II
In England, ffteen-inch mortar gun, pur-
chased from the United States, is about to be e1-
perimsnted with. American powder and prolec-
Nlcs are to be used, in order TO- make fair COM
uarison Of the relative merits Of the gunnery sys-
tems Of the two countries. The Pail Mall Gazette
ssys this gun is, In all points, complete expo
nsnt Of ths American as opposed to the English
ssyutsn a osinanoe, and plainly embodies nearly
eysa5, element which England has discarded. Thus
q Il snoo bore instead Of ried; it is Of cast in
Stead of wrought iron; 1t throws spherical cast
iron shot instead Of an elongated steel projecae;
ana, finally, the charge Of powder is excessively
snsil III fslsiion to the weight Of shot.
OF American ron-clsds the government has
already sold the Dunderoerg, the &oaes0aa and the
OnoadagG, qihouSh the transfer Of the latter 70
Yssaoe IL not yet completed. There are rsmain-
ing, completed and building, afty.one iron-clads,
Of which the largest are the Dictator, $500 tons
Kascmdsoo, s0OO tons Pazsaconooay, $500 tons
Psyi.aa, $500 tons; Qafasiganond, $500 tons
Aoeknnasoa, $500 tons I; and Roanoke, s4oo tons.
Tha sale Of these monitors would scarcely be OBJ