The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-19
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NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed in Now York yesterday at 24ia25'
Gold closed Mt 145i.

,'hantS III Rchtnonu 10 ucnleu ny llo panh pio5' Il
dents of that city.
Among tho ouriositios on exhibition at tho Now
IIampBhiro Stato Far is q Bpinnet, imported in
1885, by aoy. Collins, OF Newport.
Tho City Council OF Milledgeyie, Ga., hayo |
presented tho coored poople lot on which to
erect q sctool-houso for th0ir children.
wag remarks that ho hps scen q couple Of
Bistera who had to DO told everything together,
FOR tioy were so much alike that thoy couldn't bo
told apart.
II s not unlikely that The inquiry for Confederate
bonds. made by the First National Bank Of
Washington City, is put forth by Euglishmcn who
wish TO them ofIsots in the event Of the Ala
Bama claims being submitted to arbitration.
The last flood in the Mississippi formed pieco
of land sixty acres in extent, opposite 81. Louis
Tho county on tho Illinois sido took possession OF
this new territory, but the Wiggius Ferry Com
pany claim it, and lawsuit is pending.
The usual annual race of clipper ships from
China to London with cargocs Of the new crop Of
tea has just been docidcd Sixteen vessels started
simultaneously. Tho 7aeping arrived first at her
dock and thus won The honor of being the fastest
ship.
At Fernandina and tho naighborhood curious
question has come up Among the freedmen who
presented themselves for registrntion aro largo
number who were born in Africa. Tho Board Of
Registration asked FOR naturalization papors, and
the roforrGI tho .Iuo,i Of udmittidS them 10
higher authority.
The worms, bays goutiumnn writing us from
EnterDriso, Miss, under dato OF lOr inst nro slRy
ing cotton in this section of country. Old farmera
say IT, " havo not appeared 40 nnmerously before
in twenty-six yoars. They hare damaged somo
crops fifty per cont, and still at work. What will
become OF uH poor unfortuna cotton plantors2
A AL. r.,
that tho arst steamer Of tho Abyssinian expedition
has lott India for Abyssinia 10 explore tho coast,
tako soundngs and find suitable places fol land
ing. Ten steamers, chartered by tho Government,
have already sailed for India, whore thoy will be
used to transport tho troops, &c, to Abyssinia.
Thoro arc throo manufactures Of wire rope In
tho United Statos, and tho article is largely used
upon tho inclnod planos Of tho railroads connect
cd IN tho coal regions Ships and steamers now
wire rope considerably for stays, and thin
rope Of tho kind, less than an inch in thickness,
and quito pliabo, is being largely introduced into
stores for hauling goods into lofts.
few days since young gentleman with his
sister and anothor young lady, arrived at Galona
in a akiG from St. Paul. having accomplished tho
whole distance OF over four hundred miles in nine
days. The young man rowod the skif the whole
way, passing through Lake Pepin in tho night
pretty thoroughly sunburnt. The oarsman tainted
away twice on tho way from fatigue.
Arizonl is ut proHent garrisoned by eight thou.
sand United States troops, yot tho Indiana make
extensive doprcdatons, and the people threaten Ia
eItermnalo oil tho aayages living in tho Territory
Tho constant contests and bloodshod produced by
this state OF Affairs rotard tho settlement OF tho
country and render lifo and property prccarious.
Tho Apaches arc tho hostile tribe that mako depre-
dationB in Arizopn, and though the United States
have been carrying on war against thom for
aomo time past, thoy arc as far from being sub
dued IA ever.
The National Iniettigeneer, Of September. 1G
says: SIN tho proposed improvement by tho tear
ing away of tho ponitentiary building the remains
OF JOHN WILKES BooTH will be reached The re-
mains OF Mrs. SUnRATT, PAYNE, HERoIp and ATzE
ROOT, with WRz, are buried in the order pamed
south of the eastorn portion NJ tho old building
and will not probably be disturbed. The scauoid
unIHB MS JacH-nurre usa,Io aiha f,y5r,
hacking oil piecos az relics. II Ia not know, wl,a
disposition will DO made Of this structure, nor OF
the bodies of those inferred in these grounds.
Tho Lawrence tSIass.) american tells tho fol-
lowing queer story: Tho hairdressor ut tho corner
OF Amosbury and Common strcots, has introduced
machinery into his business, tho motiyo mower
being middlo-sized black dog, who travels in a
nort OF troadmill in room adjoining the shop
BY meanD OF betting circular brush IL turned
with considerable rapidity, an operator guiding
its motions upon tho head of tho customer. It ia
decidedly pleasant sensation, and il one has q
headache it is very apt to disappear. Any dirt OF
dandrnf is cleaned out Of tho head by this process
also. Rover is q sort Of spare hand in the estab-
h6hment, and his services arc only required when
there arc q great many waiting, aud speed Is
needed.
The cornerstone of tho new Cathedral of the
Holy Cross, which id destined to be tho largest
Roman Catholic Cathedral in Amerca, was laid in
Boston on Sunday II 10 expected that whom COM
pleted it will have cost 81, 10000 Tho ceremo-
MES wero Witnessed by sixty thousand people
some IDEA OF tho extent of tho structure may be
gathered from the statement TINT it will cover an
area OF hfty-hYe Thousand Hquaro feet of land on
the corner OF Washington and Maiden streets.
purchased at cost Of 1900 OOO It will bo built in
tho early decorative stylo of Gothic architecture
present front OF one hundred and fifty feot with
three hundred and fifty feet tower and spire' and
the extreme depth will bc threo hundred and sixty
four feet. The chief material to be used is gran
ite, and tho interior, az well as tho whole e1to.
rlor, Will be finished and decorated in sty]e Of
rank and expensive elegance
General CHtnLRs GRIFFIN, OF tho United states
Army, died at Galveston, on Sunday. Gonoral
ehPFN was native of Ohio. Ho graduated at
west Point in lS47. During tho late war he WAS
faithful and honorod oficor. AT tho frat battle of
Bnu Run he commanded Battery D, Fifth Reei
ment OF Artillery. On the 9th of June, 1862. he
received his commission as Brgadior- General and
IN 1854, on the reorganization Of the Army of the
Potomac, he was placed in command of the First
Division OF the Fifth Army Corps In May, 1864,
ne participated in fighting before Richmond. In
the spring Of 1905, he took part in tho closing
scenes OF the war, serving braveiy undcr General
sHER1paN in the campaign around Didwiddie
Courthouse, and bofore Richmond until it's cap
ture Under the Military Reconstruction Act ho
was appointed to tho charge Of tho subDistrict Of
Texas, under General SHERIDAN and on the re-
moyal OF the latter was assigned to the command
OF the Fifth Military District on the 9TH inst.
Colonel ERNEST DE FLEUnY, known in Franco as
the Baron DE LIsLE, died few weeks since. He
VIVA born in Lyons, and was educated in Paris.
Being very wealthy, he travelled extensively. Ind
morethan twenty years ngo came to this country.
He visited California in 1913, and WAS subsequent
ly instrumental in locating tho Nicaragua route,
He travelled in Central and South America also,
and about nine years ago xod his residence In the
City OF Mexico. Earnestly ospousing the cause OF
MAxnrIIAs, ho joined the Imperial army, and was
awarded o Captains commission. just bofore tho
final triumph Of the Liberals he WAS promoted to
the CplonelCy OF n roQiulent NJ Imnerie1 Cbop