The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-01
NEWS SUMMARY.

process, to powder, importing 1t 10 EhSiaha ai'u
mixing it with water for use.
The last census gives tho population ot New
Zealand, exclusive of the military and thor taml-
lies at 1916, ,6C7 There arc about $4,000 aboriginal
ma ives principally in tho province of Auckland.
ga special dispatch to tho Now York World,
says the Cleveland Plaiadeae', (which has hereto
fore been taking tho dispatches of tho New YORK
Monopoly, to-day gave in its adhesion to tho Vest
ern Associated Press
The Sultan of Turkey is building hot-house at
an expense Of 100000. He already has house
which cost more than that, and which, as it
contains flfty or sixty women or moro, We would
have supposed it to be hot enough for all practical
purposes.
bureau for the Mississippi Valley, through
which all necessary information may be acquired
irbregard to crops manufacturing operations snip
ments and stocks, grains and flour at eilfierent
points and periods, is to bo established a. st.
Louis.
The Northampton (Afass) Gazette says tobacco
is q dull crop just now. Mo OF the tobacco
raisers in the vicinity have two years crops on
hand. with no more prospect of ready sale for 1t
now than there was year ago. At Hartford, Con-
necticut. seed leaf finds few buyers at thirty CENTS
The journals OF NalIur state that the Marchion-
ess DE MoL1Ns and the Duchess BEL Pillar OsoR1o
DE LOS RIOS have been each fined thirty francs, by
the correctional tribunal of that town, and had
their fowlingpieces confscated, for shooting with
ont license in the Commune of Dave.
A largo manufacturing company IN Chicago en-
ploys o young lady on ly thirteen years OF age as
psymaster. She has paid out, since May last,
quarter Of million Of dollars, keeping the timc-
Sheets payroll, and private account-book with
and .or each of three to four hundred men cnl-
ployed.
A Paris correspondent writes "Cloaks are to
coms back to fashion tnis winter. Paletots are to
be utterly given up, and all male bipeds who re-
spsct themselves and tho mandates of the Jockey
Club are to appear draped in the ample folds OF
something between Spanish cape and the Old
military cloak"
A few days since, q mulatto woman and her babe
we're shipped from Troy, Ohio, by an express COM
pany, as ordinary freight. She was taken to the
Office ct the company, her weight averaged, bull
of laGing made out, and the usual labol for pack
ages tied round her neck with string. When the
tain started, she was placid in charge OF the
messenger, and arrived at her place Of destination
in safety.
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun Of the 2sth says: 'Wo
are gratifed to be able to state that the Catholic
Fair has cleared between $500 and 4OOO. This
sum win be largely increased by the sale of tho
remaining articles. many of which are very .lua-
ble, to be disposed Of on Tuesday evening Tho
Fair has proved tho brilliant success which it rich
" deserved. We believe this is the largest sum
ever obtained in Columbus by similar enterprise
From the Fernandina Courier we learn that the
Florida Annual Conference convened at Quincy on
the 10th ult, Bishop McTYIEaE presiding. From
the proceedings We learn that tho vote for chang
ing the name Of the Church WIS a ayes to nayst
Monticello was fixed upon as tho place OF holding
the next session Of the Conference. Tho Rev. q
4. MYERS was appointed to tho pastoral charge OF
the Church at Fernandina
It was mentioned yesterday that advices fronl(
Havana, Cubs, report a monetary crisis, from the
want Of specie, which has been exported orr
boarded. The Bank of Bossier has suspended
payment and closed its doors; also the Bank OF
Almacines de Regla (known as Fessers), Bank del
Commerce. (known as Zellas), and Bank do San
Jose. For several days there had been a run on
the Spanish Bank, which had, on the 18th instant,
80 S0S 757 in specie in its vaults with which to pay
its paper issue, or bills amounting to 50, ,G53 $50.
Rev. W. H. MuBURN, the blind Episcopal clergy
man, entertains some hope Of recovering his sight,
Eminent oculists have informed him that so many
are the new facilities for examining the eye, that
in their opinion, double operation upon the right
eye would enable him not only to distinguish OBJ
jects, but, perhaps, reed coarse type. Rev. MIR. NJ
intends going to Europe in the spring, to consult
Dorl.v> y1Aon t0fI Inn IN
specially, is worldwide.
News from Saigon (India) to the end Of October,
reports great damage to the rice fields, caused BY
elephants which appeared in largo numbers in the
enyirons Of Baria. Already, during Tho month of
September, they had cbstructed the road from
Bieu-Phuoc during sorera, hours. Ono of tho
bridges between Bsria and Cau-thi-way gave way
under one Of these animals, which had not for n
long time been seen in such numbers in this dis
trict.
It is nice thing to 60 to war; be victorious, and
bring your enemy to terms by assessing upon him
all the expenses, and margin to spare. Tho late
Prussian campaign against Austria cost s42 O0O 00O
which the Emperor has levied upon his enemies,
thus: Austria, s2s,ceO,OOO; Bavaria, $4,000 ooo;
Sa1ony, s7,OOo,000; Wurtomberg, 50, 200, 900;
Baden, S2,4uU,uUu, fEanklort, S1,4oo,ooo' hcsse
Darmstadt, 81, ,2OO 600. Total, $50 900. Being
the whole sum, and round s14,o0O.Oo0 OF profit
beside. Not q bad summers work.
The Knoxville Whig, of the 10th ult., says: "We
ARE authorized to say that, aftcr Monday next,
regular train will run to and from Clinton, on tho
Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad, with passcr-
ger car attached for tho accommodation OF travel
lers and freight. This is the opening up of new
and great channel of trade and travel, which will
not aeain he checked until Me aro connected with