The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-24
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Petroleum is now used as fuel by the steam
fire engines of Boston.
The Yale triennial shows the names OF ono
hundred and fifty-two Smiths.
May your whole family be jammed into one
coffin" is an expressive Chinese oath.
"A llan, ninety years old, was buried at Ports
mouth, N. H., on Saturday, who had kept his
eravestone and his coffin in his garrett for tie last
twenty years.
Some antiquarian has discovered that the
moustache and goatee we're first worn IN SPAN TO
distinguish the Moors from the Christians-the
cut of tho board in the latter somewhat resembling
cross.
An elm tree was cut down last week in Goauga
county, Ohio, which experts pronounced 1872 years
old. The tree weighed 60 900 pounds and was over
four feet in diameter and made 1000 feet OF inch
boards clear stuff.
Statistics show that g. 900 less acres are under
cultivation in Ireland than in 1866, and there is
great falling off in the amount of live stock. Du-
ring seven months the population was diminished
by 81, $50 emigrants.
A petition has been presented to the Pope
praying that the Italian troops be allowed to occu-
DIV Rome. 1t was signed by 1000 Romans, and
Senator Of Rome
The New Orleans Picayune says: "The packet
Magenta, Captain IT. P. Leathers, arrived yester-
day afternoon from Vicksburg, with 1850 bales Of
cotton on board which is the largest load that has
arrived this season."
Work on the Antietam National Cemetery has
teen suspended for the want Of funds. This has
been occasioned by New York and Pennsylvania
withholding their subscriptions until an examina-
ton could be made of the accounts Of the officers.
The resignatian Of General Fitzpatrick as
Captain in the regular army has been accepted to
date the 18th instant, and also that OF General
Pleasanton as Major, to take effect on the 1st OF
next January, till which time he has leave OF alb
sence.
Important improvements have been made to
the Bible House, New York. including new engine
and seven new power presses The productive
facilities Of the establishment have been increased
about one-third. The Bible House has never be-
fore been so thoroughly equipped.
The United States Government, in its first ex-
petition to Alaska, sent steam fire engine and an
assortment Of domestic animals and poultry Sitka
is to be settled according to American ideas, and
as no town can get along without fire companies,
Sitka is to have one in full operation.
The Savannah Herald says: son Friday, fine
deer, weighing one hundred and seventy-fve
pounds, was shot on tie South Carolina shore Of
the river. The carcass was brought over and
bought in the CITY, The animal was about as fine
a specimen as has been shot here for long time"
Among the patents granted last week was one
to Jerseyman for improved composition for
ssusages." We have heard of a mixture Of dog,
red flannel and turnips, as composition for sau-
sage but it is not likely that it patented.
What the improvement may be we are at a loss to
imagine.
Recently church was opened and inaugu-
rated in Foboken, N. j., based OF Atheism and
Infdelity-that is, its professed creed is disbelief
both in the Scriptures and in God. Among other
somewhat startling remarks, the officiating priest
Tor Whatever he should be called) said that the
little edifce was to be tho ''mauso.eum Of Jeho
vah."
In 1860 ninety million gallons Of vhiskey were
manufactured in the United States; in 1866 the
Government collected the tax only ON Il 0OO, 600.
Yet there is reason to believe that ia 100000
gallons we're made in thai year; and there Is rea-
son TO believe that the Government lost nearly
s90o, ,O00,0 ,0OO last year by frauds IN the whiskey
manufacture alone.
f-A dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
"John Sur-att will be kept in jail till after Con-
gress meets, when application will be made for
the enactment Of Law to transfer him to some
adjoining State for trial, to authorize jury to
be drawn from some loyal State to try him here,
as it is impossible to obtain an impartial and un
prejudiced jury in Washington"
The Bureau veritas of Paris states the num-
ILL, 1oo3 Of
August as 166, of which 50 English, 26 American,
French, 8 Dutch, Spanish, Norwegian,
Swedish, and 81 sailing under various other flags
The total number Of vessels lost since January l.
1857, is 1s50-an increase of % as compared with
the corresponding period Of 1866.
M. Theirs, who is passing the vacation few
leagues from Paris, is stated to be preparing two
great speeches-one POLITICAL on the general state
OF Europe, and the other treating OF the financial
condition of the country in its entirety, the conse
quence Of the exaggerated e1ten.ion OF all con-
stluctions Of an ornamental Character and the
prscipitate prosecution Of so many undertakings.
AT the celebrated battle of Copenhagen, Mel
son, who determined TO continue the fight, but
whose attention had been called to signal Of the
commanding officer to hostilities, placed his
hand over his good eye, and, pretending to ldok
with his blind one said: 81 don't see it, and at
once ordered brisk renewal OF the engagement.
1t is claimed that the slang phrase so common
thus originated
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, has written
letter in reply to Rev. Thomas vickers III which
he declares that the Pope has never been opposed
e progress thatit is stale SANDER to say that the
Catholic Church is opposed to the circulation of
the Bible, and that he himself is opposed to
union of Church and State, and prefers the CON
dition of the Church in the United States to its
conditions in Italy, France or Spain.
"A Dublin steamer has arrived at London, hav-
ing on board the small deck schooner-rigged boat
John Ford, which made such perilous and fatal
voyage across the Atlantic. The boat, which is
scarcely two and quarter tons, sailed from Balti
more and got upset off the coast of Cork, three of
the four men on board being drowned, Arm
strong, the survivor, was picked up by passing
ship. A few days afterward the boat was castup
on the coast of Ireland, near Wexford. She is
very little injured, and it is said she will be exhi-
bted at the Crystal Palace.
"A writer in the Natcbez Democrat, from Ten
sas La, writes: "The crops are very fine; thatis,
that part Of them which was saved from the grass
The worms did scarcely any damage, and wo will
do quite we'll yet I know of some places where
bale to the acre will be made. Cotton is opening
very rapidly, and the fields present really an ante
beQum appearance. The corn has failed, however
and all Of the planters will have to buy corn next
year, except some few wac neglected their cotton
to make corn"
Holland is always building canals, and
her people are indefatigable in taking advantage
Of every natural gift to their country. The latest
work is gigantic project known as the Amster-
dam Canal, which is ship canal, 213 feet wide at
the wafer line, and IS feet deep, To open COM