The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-10
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Tho people Of souIu PORTIONS OF North Carolina
and Virginia aro making preparations this season
10 nick and dry blackborries and hucklebeTieS Tor
expectation.
Tho contract for supplying tho United States
capitol police with uniforms, aB por net OF Con-
gross during it's last session, has boon awarded 10
a Now York house. Tho uniform will DO dark blue;
coats tlouble-brcasted, with silrcr-platc buttons
Tho milwaukee, papers record sad Dtory about
bloaied aud drunken yagrsnt, who was placed IN
tho station house tho otlIor night, whore he was
recognized as once noted divine, who, years ago,
had, under tho guiso Of roligion, seducod tho vito
Of ono Of his pariBhioners, and whose downfall
from that tfrno had beeh certain and speedy.
creoeoted sleeper, put down on the Stockton
and Darlington Railway, in England, in August,
ls4l was taken mp March IA, 1867, utter nearly "a
yoars' acrvlcc Tho grain Of tho wood, although
slightly dseooIed by creosoto, is as fresh and ap
parently as tough as that OF nowly sawed timber,
and tho odor OF creosote is strong il tho wood
had Just beon operated upon.
The Philadelphia Netcs aays "Gcn. WILLIAM
PATTON, Of Towandn, bradford County, la, who
will DO remembered by many Of our readers as OH
effective stump speaker at tho last election in this
State; las announced his determination TO go
South on stumping tour in tho Conservative in
teie est Con. p. proposes TO follow tho track OF
WILSON and KELLEY, and will no doubt giyo the
now generation Of voters something 10 think Of
besides confHcation."
AhshionAblo wedding took place at 81. James
Cathedral, Toronto, ,Canada West, on tho ALh.
WILLIAM HYDE, editor Of the st. Louis Republican,
was married to Miss BUIsoN Southern lady, who
has resided hore for aone time. The Cathedral
was donsoly crowded. Hon. JEFF. DAVIS, j. III.
MASON, General JuBAI EARLY, Col. DcnsEy and
other Southern celebrities wcre present. DAVIS.
on being recognized, was loudly cloered. Tho
event created quite sensation. .,.t;
RAsTA ANNA, tho Moxicsu chioftain, whu, FOR
sometime past, hns Icon residing on Staten Island
(where ho was held by Sheriff wMAK1s), has de-
parted for Mot:c6. Tho ombarhation was con-
ductod in such o quiet mnnuor that only very
few persons wore AWARD OF IT, A vessel, with 5000
stand OF arms, and mon and munitions OF war,
preceded him. 1t is stated that Secretary SEWARD
endeayorod to prevent his de arturo but was out
witted by the cunning old Mexican.
Tho cotton crop OF tho present yoar. begins to
attract q great deal Of attention. Georgia oor-
respondent Of New York paper predicts largo
crop OF cotton in Georgia, and says the yield Of
that State may reach 500 600 balos which ia moro
than double tho crop of lnat year. Louisiana
correspondent of tho journal Of Commerce says
tho cotton in that State looks healthy, but is two
mate Of tho crop. ALI tho iotter writer's montion
that large crop OF corn has boon planted
larger thnn Inst year. -nr III
Tho Tinted States steamer 0ssipee was at tho weat
entrance OF Magellan Straits april 18TH Tho M
Ycs went to the eide Of tho vessel IN thcr cenocs
aud wore clanorous for tobacco and firowntcr.
Thoy arc becoming very bold and moro numerous
since tho Straits nro now moro frequcntcd, and
will give trouble to any vessel that may get ashore
or ia not sufficiently manned TO protect herself.
The United States atcamcr Sacramento arrived at
Cape TOWN. Africa, March 2s, and the United
States steamer Aohicdn hRs reached Panama, En-,
roule to San francisco.
Th6;htlhhtic Gable Company hayo published a
statement Of thtir receipts during April, which
amounted 10 sl7s, 200 in gold, tho largest number
OF messages being sent from Europe 10 Amorica,
14lO, Oh compared with 1142 from America to Eu-
rope. They estimate their business from the
opening Of July 28th 1906 TO tho end of April last
to havo brought them 81 221 GIG in gold. It is be-
nevod that by tho 18th Of Juno Tho cablo Of 1866,
which was lately broken within two miles Of Hearts
Contcnt by an iceberg will Bo restored to its for
NOR perfect condition! if 2 .T'p
In 1853, ,there were Orthodox Greek Churches in
Russian America. Those ohul ohcs numbered 70 600
parishoncrs. Five Of tho ordained ministry wcro
natives of ihe country, of tho mixed foreign and
Indian descent. Religious books bud boon trans-
:. - i.- --t:-- inuRuoa Several schools
were connected with tho chulu,,... ..o steel
Seminary" had boon lately removed from, Now
Archangel to Yakootsk. Not ono crimo has boon
reported in thor parishes for forty yenrs This is
the information which coines from Russian staLis-
tical returns.
It is reported that new island has been dis
covered in the North Pacific, l5O deg. west longi-
tudo 40 dog. 80 min north latitude, twenty miles
long, exactly In the track OF vessels for Ban Fran
cfsc6 from China to japan. On her late return
voyage the Colorado passed noar the locality.
Fogs and misty weather prevail in that section Of
the Pacific: It is supposed that mnny missing
vessels have been wrecked thero. Tt is considered
OF sufficient Importance TO justify tho Government
In dHpetching o vessel. local company has
beer organized to survey tho island, and will send
vessels this woek to examine and tnko possession
II ia rather notable fact that OF tho class Just
graduating nt Wost Point, every man Of tho frat
six scholars is from tho South. RUFFNER, Of Vir-
ginis leads, and SsAns Of Virginia. is third; then,
there are MALLORY, ofAlnbana, RoaE Rs and HAUp1,
Of Georgia, and GRuUra Of North Carolina. In
the ne1t six there arc three Tennessoeans-
MAN, MAaurRE and BEIL-whiie TpRrLg, Of Massa-
Ghusotts, GnKEn, OF Pennsylvania, and HKnTzK1-
NAN, atlargo, occupy the othor three places. thus
nll VI" t1o lnot tGut illub VI tuo LHelFe
plaoes on tho scale Of general merit are taken this
year Iby, men appointed from the South. The
Southern States have swept oil all tho honors.
Ten Prlssian officers have arrived at Warsaw,
there to teach the Russian soldiers the use tho
needle gun. Other officers hayo been sent by the
Prussian government to the principal garrisons OF
the ompire and it has also lent 900 needle guns
to tho Russian War Department for purposes Of
drill. Meanwhile tho principal gun factories in
Russia arc busly employed in tho manufacture Of
these guns, which arc TO be supplied to the whole
OF the army. It appears that tho PrussiAn in
Rtructors find their task very difficult one, the
Rusaihn soldier not being sufficiently intelligent to
mastar the Prusaian system Of drill.
In connection with tho latos Emperor Of Mo1ico,
the Boston Traveller reminds US Of tho interesting
historical fact that MA1nit11lN is.tho a.os. &c
spectacle member OF one Of the most ancient Of tho
reigning housea of tho oldworl6; house that waa
ut tho head Of the Holy Roman Empire long before
Mexico had been heard Of among Christians and
which ruled ovor Mexico for almost two centurios,
from tho, time, thnti CoRTRz conquered Il for.
CHARLES I. w. of Germany, in 1871, to tho death
OF CHARLES H., in 1900. We may add that we be-
lIeve This cironmstanoe gave MA1nuIIAx himself
the idea that it would help to make him acceptable
es q ruler for tho Maxicang. l.:ut, $3.50. y;
At the opening OF tho Austrian Roichsrath, or
Parliament, on tho Goth Of May, tho President Of
the Lower House, Herr GIsunA, uttered tho most
liberal sentiments. He said "thnt the principles