The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-09
The 1ailg Nems.
NEWS SUMMARY.

SANTA ANNA, was shot al Sisal on tho 25th ult.
The skeleton Of small dog. having on the
neck collar Of pure gold, was dug up in Port
land, Maine, few dnys since.
Wulrussia, where the day is now twenty -four
hours long, is The only place in tho United
States whcre SUMNER speech can be read in
day.
Tho Hudson River las been fully stocked
with carp or goldfish. They originally got
into tho river from private pond at New
berg.
Ten years ago the number of working horsos
in New York city amounted 10 somo 10000;
Ave ycars ago It had increased 10 TO,OOU, and
is now estimated at 10000.
The wreck Of tho rebel gunboat Jsg. TAomp-
son, sunk in the battle of Memphis, has been
blown up. The wreck of tho Beuurryard will
next be blown mp.
Tho total loss Of tho Austrian army in the
late war with tho Prussians, was si,0il officers
and men, or more thnn ono-fifth OF tho mon
put into tho field.
The degree of Mistress OF English Literature
has been conferred ON Miss AUGUSTA J. EVANS,
author Of "Niacaria," "Bculah," etc., by tho
Baltimore Female College.
MAcDoSALp, the SCULPTOR who made such fno
portrait busts of JOHN VAN BURKN and CuAnLEs
CcoSon, is modelling life-siIed female figure,
which he calls Sonnambula.
seventy-three years ago the first boat started
from Cincinnati up tho Ohio. 1t WAS bullet
proof, equipped with two cannon and small
arms. The round trip TO Pittsburg was made
in four weeks.
The dinner given 10 the President on board
the Naval School ship in Boston harbor, in
cluded peaches at $l8 dozen, and grapes at
So pound, one cluster of four pounds cost
ing $40.
EK-Confederate General LOUIS T. WIoFALL,
formerly United stasee Senator from the Slate
Of Texns, is about entering upon tho practices
Of law in Englandin in connection with Amr, ivau
cases.
A new attempt will be made to connect Eu-
be undertaken by q French American Compa-
ny, which will lay cable between Brest and
some point on the American coast.
In Portland, Me-, the liquor business is q
thing Of the psst. All the old resorts on Fore
street arc closed. One of them has put UP The
following plscard: "Bar taken out; prayer
meeting at four O'Clock"
A memorial of JOHN GIpsoN has been placed
near his grave in the Protestant cemetery at
Rome. This comprises q medallion, with the
portrait of tho dcceaued sculptor in profile, the
work Of his pupil, Mr. SPENCE, and an epilaph
written in feeling terms by Lord LrTToN.
1t is stated that great nlnrm exists among
the whites between Forts Yanklon md Ran
s-'', - --"n"nt nf m expected raid of Indians
vigilance Committees have been organized n
Julesburg the western terminus Of the Union
Pacific Railroad, for the protection of the per-
sons and property of the citizens.
NAPOLEON and the Sultan are reported 10 be
distant cousins. The Emperor's mother was
daughter Of JOSEPHINE by her frat husband,
while the Sultsn's grandmother was a cousin of
JosErHIsE, having been captured by ON Alge-
rine corsuir and sent 10 the Seraglio at Con-
stantinople.
There is a remarkable artificial fountain al
Bennington, VI. The water is brought in q
six-inch pipe from an elevation of 326 feet and
Is thrown in an inch jet 10 the height Of 164
feet. The entire works cost $4,000 The
celebrated fountain at Chatsworth, England
throws jet only ninety feet high.
The steamer Ben Johnson has reached Omaha
from Fort Benton, with one hundred thousand
dollars in gold dust. twenty-five hundred
stand Of arms and battery Of artillery had
arrived at Fort Benton for use in the territory
Of Montana No Indians had been scen in
9allatin Valley since the arrival of General
MsAouER and the volunteers
The Hartford Pre. suggests that for the
soldiers monument Of that town "lofty and
massive belfry, towering even above our high
eat church spires, and containing clock and
chimes, would be novel aud impressive.
Perhaps trumphal arch would be more 80.
Neither Of these are TO be found in any Ameri.
can town"
The gunboat Pdlos made third trial trip in
Boston harbor on Wednesday, using petroleum
for fuel. The trial was even more satisfactory
than the previous experiments. The rate of
twelve knots was made against wind and tide,
with pressure Of thirty-two pounds Of steam.
The vessel was fourteen inches deeper In the
water than on the previous trials, and uas in
bad trim.
A Montreal dispatch says that "Confedera-
tion Day Was celebrated everywhere in the
Dominion with rejoicing 5Aase4 hos sr%sh %%holi4 R4
sustain this broad statement. Two newspaper,
In Halifax, il would Beem, appeared In mourn
Ing, the national societies, Scotch and Eng
liub, refused to take part in the procession,
nGBs were shown at balfmass, and other signs
Of dissatisfaction were apparent.
Tho pleasantest featurs of the celebration of
the Fourth Of July in Philadelphia was the
banquet given by Mr.. CHILps to those en-
ployed by him in the new Ledger building.
Editors, reporters, compositorr, clerks, press
men, feeders, carriers and newsboys we're oil
generously provided for. Five tables, accom-
modsting hve hundred persons, were set in the
press-room, and over a hundred nswsboys were
dined in the gallery. Several speeches were
made BY those who are among the veterans In
the Ledger establishment.
II is ono Of the curious facts connected with
the great exposition, that 80 impressed are the
English employers with the superiority Of the
products Of the French machine shops, that they
are dsTising cheap excursions for their work
men, In order TO give them the opportunity TO
take advantage Of French skill Engines, loco.
motives, and olher machinery, have been i'm
ported considerably from Franco Of late, and at