The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-12
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NEWS SUMMARY.

Cotton closed in New York at 2ea for mid
ding uplands.
Gold closed at 39a89b.
Cotton declined in Liverpool Lied. per. lb.
II is said that General Butler introduced
his motion for the appointment Of q select Com
mittee to inquire into the assassination Of Mr..
LINCOLN, with view Of procuring from Sur
RAFT clear confession Of the whole plot on
condition Of pardon.
Scott county, Iowa, pays fifteen cents each
for the scalps Of gophers killed in that county.
On the 29th ultimo the boys bronghs in two
hundred. and eighty-three, and, it is said,
during the month the County Clerk had
paid out more than one hundred dollars for
gopher scslps.
Dispatches have been received from United
States officers on the Mexican border, giving
accounts Of the deplorable condition Of affairs
there. They state that since the fall Of MAXI
x1I1As the conduct of tho Mexicans has been
overbearing, and that insult to the United
States Gag BY Mexican officials is an every day
occurrence.
A French paper mentions the fact that two
grains Of alum to . pint Of water will clarity
water which is unfit to drink, and the taste OF
4he alum will not be perceived. A French
chemist in Algiers shows that muddy water
will become potable in the course OF from seven
to seventeen minutes by adding half grain Of
potassic alum for every quart Of water.
The Russian journal, the Voice, states that
the Emperor NApoLEoN, on taking leave Of the
Car, expressed q wish in favor Of general
European disarmament. The same journal
advocates the establishment Of permanent
Amphieyonic Council, to which all serious dis-
putes between the Governments Of Europe
should be referred for decision.
A school has been recently opened at Worms
II Germany, for the education Of those desirous
oflearning the manufacture Of beer and vine,
gar. Four months is the time required to en-
able person to become graduate, and it has
already twenty -four students hard at work at
the science Of brewing the wholesome and
highly -psized Lagerbier.
Tho Academic des Jeux Floraux, which was
established by sCLrnzNor IsAuRE, in 1925,
lately celebrated its FIVE hundred and forty
fourth snnual meeting. It is said to preserve
among its archives over twenty thousand poems
in her praise, the said poems having been
written atthe rate offorty year since the first
establishment Of the Academic.
In the eentrs Of Hancock county miss. J,
there is an immense almost impenstrsble swamp
called the DEVILS Swamp, which is described
~ . tangled maze Of cypress, vines, creeping
parasites, mud, bog, ws.er, abounding in ALI
.stors. raoooasin and cotton-mouth snakes,
scorpions, musquitees, bear, deer, &c. This
wilderness is said never to have been explored
beyond its outskirts.
The Federal Government win cost the New
Dominion IN salaries Sis, 600 per annum, in
.,l,,aixx the salary Of the Governor-General. If
Ministers arc 10 receive 5000 per annum, in
stead Of 5000, the cost will be increased $780,
COO The number Of members composing the
Goyernmeut, namely, thirteen, is deemed un-
lucky, and is prof.nely called the "Devirs
dozen" -
The German suthor, W. HAnno, who has
been styled the WAtrzR scorT Of Germany,
aud whose nom de plsms 10 ". AIxx1s, has been
decorated By the King Of Prussia with the Or
der Of the Knights, Cross ON the House Of Ho-
henzertern. This is the only instance in which
this Order has been Conferred upon poet
Nh. HARIsa has had the misfortune to lose his
sight and this tribute to his genius comes with
the moro grace on the part Of the King ss it
antilles the receiver to considerable pension.
The Obzervador, Of Mstsmoras, states that
.hen MACMILLAN learned the sentence passed
upon him, he offered million dollars to
Gen. RIsADAzlI1A, the keeper Of the prison
era, to bs allowed chance Of escape. RisAD-
ANNA requested awritten promise from the
Arshduke, and when he obtained it showed the
document to General RseoBEDo. Gen. Esco-
sspo ssys orders at once that in case he at
tempted 10 escape any Of the guards might
shoos him on his (EsooBnDo's} responsibility.
Ctsdss Jsdss Apesle. Imagine Mexican re-
fasias : pillion of dollars
Mr.. fAnxss, ef Canberwen, England, has
seastrusssd portable steam canoe to hold one
psfson. The propeller il . Jet Of water one
inch IN arss, forced By the direct action Of
steam, without any engine, Three miles an
heur was obtained on the trial Of the Survey
Canal against stiff breeze, with only little
common Afewood for fuel With good FIRE,
the speed il expected to cometo between four
and ave miles an hour through still water.
This little bost is capable Of . trip Of one hun
dred miles with one sack Of coke.
The largest manufacturers in the fourth dis
trict Of New York city are P. & G. LoRILLARD,
tobseeonists, who pay from $7o,eO0 to $4,000
persnnum tax; G. H.LnIIrsrHAL, who pays
from $40, GOO to $50, 600 per month and R. L.
ga. sruArr, who pay from $40, ,000to $1,000
per month. There are also many Wholesale
dealers Who pay special taxes on sales, such as
A. I. STEWART, from whom $35, 900 to 40,O0o
arc received, and CLAsIrx, who pays from
$4,000 10 $4,000 per year. Brewers pay
from 5000 TO $4,000 per month, and some
times $l2,0oo to $1s,oo.
Holland II said to be negotiating for the sale
OF its colony Of Dutch Guiana to England, but
England holds Of on account Of the high price.
This colony 10 constant loss to the Dutch
treasury, and ID in the market for purchaser.
Efforts win next, it 10 thought, be made by the
Dutch to sell their West Indian colonies, which
are also source Of pecunisry loss. Negotia-
tions, have recently been reopened between
Switzerland and Holland in regard to COM
merciar treaty, and the Swiss Government, it
il understood, have now taken the necessary
measures to place Dutch Jews living in