The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-12
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NEWS SUMMARY.


Cotton closed In Liverpool at III for Mlddlings.
Gold closed in Now York ut 37i.
Cotton closed easier in New York, Mt 26t for |
-Mtddling Uplands. -. = ':-' '-.-.- az"
Tho English Journals inform us that OIL tho |
night tho Reform bill wns introduced, SOC, 900 |
cubic feet Of mir, comfortably warmed, passed |
through tho House Of Commons over: hour. Fiji |
teon miles OF steam pipes nro usod in warming |
tho two Houses.
DR.. 4. G. IIouAnDsos, Professor Of Anatomy in |
tho University Of Louisiana, having boon olcctdd
by the medical faculty or tho University delegate
to tho International motcal convention, to be hold
at Paris, loft Now Orleans Sunday last, on the
steamship George Washington for Now York.
Paris papor has this cleyor satire on tho pre-
sent high pricos: "a dorout lady, who attends tho
Church of st. Roche, has been III tho habit of
giving half hnnc oyery Saturday to an old man
who ails at tho door, with o box to rocoive aims.
Tho othor day, whom slre profrored tho usual sum
to him, ho said: 4 beg your pardon, madame
during tho Exhibition It is franc'"
wo notice latoly," ,saya tho Salt Lake Vcdeat,
IN immense bird hanging over tho ontrnnce or
doDDAnps provision store. II was pelican Of tito
desert, and WAS killed near brigham City, in the
vicinity Of Salt Lake. This bird measures nino
feot from tip to tip OF it's wings, body Iyo foot
long, weighs about twouty-hvo pounds, and has n
bag benoAtHits bill capable oY holding fty pounds
Of fish," - .- =,
foreign journal snyB that sRdowa iB being did
forcsted. II will be remembered that this wood
was the key to tho baltic OF Koniggratz, on tito
holding OF which for q long whilo hung victory Or
defeat 1T iA now being htripped Of it's timbof by
Austrian woodGutters and tho writer believes that
this s dono % destroy NIL traces OF locality that
must forever remind thom Of n ,groat national hq-
initiation.
: THO ba.fl6 grounds about Richmond arc rapidly
losing thoir' 'distinctyonoss. Tho Garth is boirg
leyolod i'll somo places, and in others Bown with
grain. The GearthworkB AROUND Richmond ald
Petersburg are still standing, and from tho top bf
Church Hill tho inner limo OF Notifications Is
plainly visible. But tho traces Of batto arc oydn
now scarcely discornibo, mud will soon DO entirely
obliterated.
an invention designed as a protection to frb-
man on his ontrapco into burning room Inns re-
Gently been teated in Quubec. It consists OIL ln
y anely perforated bIass bali attached to tho INN
oItremity OF the brass nozslo ofsthe hose, whidh
acts powerful roseiic, throwing q hoaSy spr4y
upon his person .whilB .ho lis directing tho ma In
atroAm 4 up9t thS 'nro bofoto him, thus smotleriag
: the flames oil around tho holders person.
Z Tho,plsYtoi !ItassG Rtogn" has reccntIy be6n On
tho stage in Dublin, and tho anti-British senji-
monts thtron oxprossod by "N1sA sAHID," arc rb-
Dublin FreeThdn's Journal says that leach repot-
ton OF tho invocivos against British rule in India
3 was.cheered the echo, it. appeared TO hafe
an application t. tho preEfnt position Of Irish d
z" Adispateh, from Cleveland, Ohio, juno 9Th,
Htates TINT the Episcopal Convention is in eessian
- at TINT place. Tho chief fcaturco interest on
i. that day, was q lctter from the Rev. DR.. BEDs1t,
Assistant Bishop. of the Diocese Of Ohio, n6W In
;. Home taking istrong low church. ground. and
charaeterizing ritdalIsr ps contrary TO tho Spit
cfthS prayer book, and urging strot adhcrcnf
ito tho forms Of worship prescribed th6fsinFC r4
letter was well ruoeired by thopongregation.
The colored people OF South Mississippi, pst::
ticularly in tho seaboard counties. sro availir q
themselves of the present law to securo penuh
mont homos.' ColsJ. r. II. ), ,OIAmcnNr, Of Day ST.
Lodis, has filed Nearly 2OSapplcaions for 80 acto
tracts for them in tho Unitod States Land OHico In
jackson, many pf; them jIaiDg hIa former slaves:
i, They are, engaged in cutting cordwood burniH q
) ahaIooali making rosinnnd tar and cultiva.in tho
The Now York correspondent OF tho Now orlca1s
iPicnyiiIis, writing Mny 80, says that Oh to day
previous there ,wcro offers in Wall street to bIy
FRAaEh, TREAHoLM & Co.'S papor at 15s in tIlo
pound, but holders .deolinod. "Outsde OF their
little paper of tho house stIoat in this country, aid
the creditors eyorywhcrs havo buLt6 bo lonent. !,
and they will get both principal and interest in due
time" ,,.- 4,
81 Tho French method of uaing steam to propel
boats, is on tral at buffalo in the canal. steb
wire cabo, hve-ciehths OF an i1Dh in diamotup; Ia
lsid 1l on the bpttem of Tho canal Tho cable rmIs
= over drum on tho deck OF the boat, and a small
tenglne OF fuur-horso power turns tho drum aid
the boat s thus drawn along. It is claimed that
hoo4 ~Rt txr,1 l.
along two miles per hour, with consumption bf
only twelve hundred pounds Of coal in twenty-fotr
hours. n '$Et' tS - .
III. DE BnETToN, a sericulturist, states that tho
Chinese silk-worm has become perfectly acclinat.
ICED In Austria, and 1t is in its fourth genera
ton there as we'll as in France. Last year ho OBJ 4
tanned 1000 cocoons OF this species, which yield
nearly 500 600 eggs. This year he is organizing with
AID OF tho Austrian Government, thrce largo eili-
producing establishments In Moragia and Sayonia,
Thus far, tho Chinese silk-worms have enjoyed tIo
best OF health in Austria! The silk hitherto OBJ
tanned IL oftlo best quality. specimens of it are
now too:be aosH: at The Pnris Exposition
Since the construction OF the railroad across tho
Isthmua it:has carried; nearly 4o0. 600 passengoIs
and 1915 900 600 Of treasure, tho latter from tile
Pacific 70 the Atlantic aldo OF tho Isfhmns. Tho
silVor shpments oyer the road are gradually d.
AShninBB oho inobt -ot-tne Bllfor transported Ia
hipped toithe 1sthmus nom; the Pacific coast df
ath America. offroight tho road hns transportJd
GA tons but this year It is estimated the traffic
will Al spunt to 15o 900 tons Amarica now controls
the roatAThich runs through the territory of Noy
Grenada, Dut England Is making great erortions 10
get poBscssih, ofit. 4
Nearly all the German Norwegian and swids |
emgrants who aIe nov arriving daily ut Now Yort,
ssys the Times, push directly for the slatos of tho
Far Weat. The papers Of Wisconsin and Mime |
sota, Missontl ef and Kansas are, daily roportir
thor arriya1 md tlior actiiemont among those Sf
their knsman who haYc preceded them: ;iYs c.b-
not but commend this example to Tho eimiGrapIs
from Ireland and tho BFtish Iales. rho are S nob
arriving among US In great numbers. Tho worlt |
place for newcomers is tho crowded cities Of the I
East, The best place is the rich agricultural re-
si4hsat Pip Far Eost. The souihwiil b, d tempt
ing field for sotlors orc long. !
California expects to compete hereafter with tlio
Eastern States In supplying tho grain markets bf
Europe. The :ARq California says: "This yclr /
the greatest want has been sufficient shipping 10
carry away tho surplus crop 10 foreign markctb. |
Hereafter VIC shall not DO troubled OH that ae.
count, as tho shippers and grain dealers Of tlIc |
Eastern States and Europe now understand thtt
We have largo trado upon which thoy can rely. |
With lively competition in shipping, Sin Fran:
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