The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Liverpool cotton market had downward |
tendency. Middling Uplands quoted on the sth at
14td. stt
Gold closed in New York at 1879. Cotton was
quoted at SSc for Middling Uplands.
Pork has been selling in upper East Tennessee
for six cents per pound, and corn for fifty cents
per bushel.
Paris has no lace curtains large enough for the
windows Of the White House at Washington, and
some are being made to order.
CHARLES ANDERSEN an intemperate woodsawyer
Of Fairfield, Iowa, has fallen heir to fortune of
500: coo in Sweden #@
New Haven has IN ice boat the Minnie E. Dodd,
which con run with safety on ice four inches thick
and make seventy miles hour. She is thirty
f-et long.
Where month ago there was nothing at
point on the Union Pacific Railroad, thore is now
settlement Of over ave hundred persons.
A single lode in Nevada is turning out more sill
yer a. d gold annua1y than did the famous mines
Of Potosi in their palmies. days, and which at
time built up city of 100000 inhabitants.
There has been large number Of heavy fail
ures among tho epeculators who focked to VAN
correr Island, and general exodus is talked of.
The losses IN one week reached ovsr million
dollars.
A little girl, who WAS amusing herself by Dig
ging up the ground with stick, il yard i'll Mem
phis, dug up package containing thirty-six
small but very fine diamonds.
On Monday last, neSrly half bushel of counter
felt ffty-cent postal currency was found strewed
along Woodward avenue, in Detroit. It was per-
fectly new and is said to have been we'll executed
The Clinton county (Alo.) Register claims that
Clinton county has population Of 5000, and has q
less criminal docket than any county in the State
" FYnl~ 1.lr
Radicals in that county.
In the State Library, ut Richmond, Va may be
Eeen curiosity in the shaps Of E piece Of white
pine plank, in the heart Of which is perfect rvp
resentation Of human leg and foot, complete in
its proportions, as well as color.
The Canadian government Las awarded pensions
and gratuities to the volunteers who suffered By
reason of the late Feian invasion. The gratuities
range from so to S204, and the pensions from
twenty cents day to $500 year.
The evidence given III regard to one Of the re-
cent coliery explosions in Engiand show that tho
men we're III tho habit OF smoking III the pit, and
they carried duplicate k.ys, by means Of which
they coulu e-l4 Tie safety lamps
The Scarcy (Arkansas) Record says negro wo-
man and her child, while passing along amountain
road in White county, about fortnight ago, were
attacked by flock or wolves and eaten up The
:
ravenous creatures.
At Christmas there wero to be seen in the open
air. at Boncuurch, at ths back Of the Isle Of Wight
broad beans III full bloom and green pcaa in flower
and pod; also great many strawberries in nowor
and huihng, large new potatoes, md heiotrope n
bloom.
: Avery important trade has sprung up in North
Stafordsnire, England, which promises to assume
y large proportions Il is tie e1t action Of oil from
shale, materinl found in protuslon the ron
stone seams, and Mllch OILY short time ago was
thought to be not only valueless but an actual IN
cumbrance. H
A Madrid letter in the Independence Beige re-
marks that s'the public education in Spain is very
backward, as may be imagined from the fact TINT
out Of total Of ", 157 municipal councillors, no
less than 12,47e unable TO read or write.
Among the number are included 422 Mayors and
9ss Deputy Mayors"
The Nashville Gazette states that military steps
ment over the remains Of General CLEDunNE
The estimated cost is s25, ,O00 and large sums have
already been subscribed Mr.. +. ". RuDD, of Pr-
laski, Tenn, intends canvassing to complete the
subscription.
Washington correspondent says: sIt is dread
ful to sit in either Of the galleries at the Capitol
The colored population OF both sexes are sand
wiched in between the white folks, and there is a
streak Of lean aud streak OF fat all around, with
an odor equal to that @ slaughter house."
The State Commissioners on the Hoosac Tunnel
in Massachusetts, have advertised for proposals
for continuing the work at both the eastern and
western approaches, and in sinking the central
shaft, whicn has yet to 60 nearly 600 feet deeper
before the grade will be reac led and 1880 feet be-
low the surface. .u8
The costliest watch that was ever made is said
to have been one which was constructed n 1896
for the Sultan ABDUL. MEDJ1D, who must have
found It rather inconvenient, since it was Eve
inches in diameter, and struck the hours and
quarters on wires with the sound resembling that
OF powerful cathedral clock. 1t cost 1900 guineas.
MI. GEORGE PEABODY has written letters to seve-
raj prominent gentlemen from different States, ap-
pointing Them the trustees Of fund OF SO, 20 900
which he has donated to the South for educational
purposes. W.. WINTHROP, OF Massachusetts. ia
the Chairman Of tie Board of Trustees. The
Hon. WA. AIKEN, OF South Carolina, being one of
the Board.
The memorial to be distributed among the Prus-
sian combatants III the successful campaign is lust
being turned out by tho founders. It consists of
q Cross cast from the metal Of Austrian guns. and
bearing on one side the following inscription -
'sGod was with us, to Him be the praise;o and on
the reverse, ''Koniggratz, July 3, 1856"
During the process Of extinguishing the fire in
the colliery Of Clackmannan, near Stirling, Eng
land in 1851, about sooo0 900 cubic feet Of carbonic
acid gas were required to fill the mine, and con-
hnuous stream Of impure carbonic acid was kept
up night and day for about three weeks. II
Tie mine extended over surface Of twenty-six
acres, and has been thirty years on fire.
Last week, on the railroad above Chattanooga.
mass Of rock Weighing several tons, detached by |
FROST from the side Of the mountain, fell on the
track, and became SO deeply imbedded that it
could 1t be removed but by blasting; before this
was accomplished passenger train came in col
1ision with 1t and was thrown down the embank-
ment, but fortunately no lives were lost
The marble statue Of HENRY CLAY with it's pe-
postal, which was executed in Italy by HAnr, the
Kentucky sculptor, has arrived at New York. It
VIA sooa reach tbs capital, and viii re placed in
the position designed for it in the Court House.
The inauguration ceremonies will take place on
April a. tho anniver4ary of the birth day Of the
great statesman. |
Tho Treasury Department is now using eny,l-
opes which are made ous Of old greenbacks, ana |
which are very servlceablo and strong. Until late
all the Treasury notes which wero worn o-t. or in
any Eay rendered unit for use, were co,,ntad ana
burned but now they are converted into envelopes
for the use Of the Department, and the Secretary
expects that the experiment will re sult verv "a