The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-05
Ylse 1ai1g Nems+
NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed in New York on Saturday nj 4ol.
Cotton closed Mt 2SI for Mitldlipp IInInu,s

dabo ironclad, tho Scorpion. Tho turrct of ts
ship IL to carry ARMsrRoSa guns Of tho heaviest
calibrc.
largo bed OF paint, OF various .colors md Of
superior quality, has bccn discovered in tho town.
ship Of pino Plains, scvcn miles from hllcgan,
Mich. 1t IL ti,rco miles in lcngtl.
A now factory in Lebanon, N. H., has been pur-
chased by tho American Patent Sponge Company
for SIS, 600. The Company reduces Epongcs to pulp
to DO used instcnd OF hnr mattresses and general
upholstery.
soldicrs' monument ut wcathcrsiiold Conn.,.
contains, beside tho names of tho dead those OF
''ono hundred volunteers who returned in health"
Tho next thing, says tho Bos ON Post will be q
monument to those who stayed at home.
MAxlML1sS's saddle, valued Mt moro tllan n
thousand dollars in gold, hus boon presented by
General TreYcrs Of the Mexican army, to Mr.. q.
II. SnAI.t.HY, OF tho metropolitan IToto Washing
ton. The saddle is ornamcutcd and inlaid will
nilvcr and gold.
a Brussels ettor gives some information as to q
Civic Crcss which is going to be founded in
Belgium for nets OF deyotcdncss. II will be in
enamel mounted in gold for the first class and in
silver FOR tho second. Tho project has been well
received, and will be soon carried out.
II Is said that tho King Of Greece will not
ccpt the Russian religion on his marriage with tho
Grand Duchess OLGA, because his father, tho
King Of Denmark, docs not desire it.. His chill
tlren Will, however, bo brought mp in tho ortllo-
dox Crock faith
Last year numbcI of literary rifle volunteers
in England dubbed together and produced mis-
collany under tho titlo Of tho Earwig. This year
the members OF tho First Middoscx artillery volun-
tcers have produced croditablo volume OF amus-
inr literature, under Tho ttlo of tho Handspikc.
Tho prussian Government continues its ncgo-
tiat,ns with Denmark. A noto ia now being pre-
pared in Berlin which will state wllnt guarantees
Prussia expects Denmark to givo to tho uormnnB
Of North Schleswig before it will consent 10 tho
rctroccssion Of this district to Denmark.
Tho Russian Grand Duko ALIENS, tho Cars
youngest son, after o siay at Constanlineic, left
on tho 2Gth OH board tho Russian steamer Oteg, to
visit tho monnsterics of Mount Athos, from whence
. he proceeds to Cadiz, whcro Ito iB to embark on
board tho ALEXANDER NEysKI frignle in which hc
will visit tho West Indies and tho United States.
IIo will return to Russia by Constuntinoplc.
The Japanese in Paris havo taught tho cooks at
tho Grand Hotel how to "bako" leo cream. Freeze
your ice hard rs possible, wrap it quickly in
very thin crust of pastry, and put it III IN ovon.
Tho pastry will be baked before Tho ice mclts (for
tho pastry is good non-conluctor of hcat); servo
hot, and you may enjoy tho pleasure Of eating hot
pastry and leo cream Mt tho samc time.
Tho London Daily Netos states that tho accumu-
lation OF money in all chief cities OF Europe con-
tinues almost without interruption. Tho public
nro boarding tho samo as q year ago, with this
difference, that instead of locking up bank notes
in private sRfos thoy deposit their funds with
bankers. Hence there is moro money nrail BILE for
discount purposes, nnd tho rato, instead OF being
10 per cent, is barcly2.
Tho registration in Loudon county, w., is now
complete, aud sums up follows Whites, 279G;
N na1.z
plo in that county in 1860, OF whom about 500 left
during tho war. Their registration therefore, ia
supposed to DO full There were about COCO whites,
and this would make their voting population cqunl
to 5000, OF whom not exceeding 200 arc dstIan-
chisod, and il would seem that about 200 qualified
votcrs havo failcd to register.
Paper money is ut last invading Texas. That
State, which, during and since tho rebellion,
joyed q coin currency. il about to cxchungc it for
greenbncks and fractional currency. On tho
Texas Central Railroad paper money has begun to
be received FIR passage and frcghts. This is tho
entering wedge for tho introduction OF paper
money all over tho State, and II will there, as
everywhere o!se, Danish gold and silver from cir
cuation.
Somo adventurous spirits have been ndulging
in queer aquatic sports on tho Hudson, noar Troy.
Three men raced across tho river in wnshlubs for
cutting, and two Of thom wero npsot. Another race
was between bndfolded boatrncn in skifs, from
tho shore to an island in tho river. Ono of tho
contestants ran into tho shoro milo below on the
came side ftom which ho had started.
dispatch from Washington states that ro-
port is being made mp at tho Treasury showing
that there are over 20 600 officials connected with
tho Department through its varied revenue
branches. Twenty thousand officials in q single
department OF the Govcrnmontl This number is
nearly double The strength OF the grand aggregate
OF the army OF the United States mt tho commence
menL Of tho war.
The effect Of the laws against emitting md in
favor OF planting trees in Franco has bccn such
that of late years, instead of steady decrease in
the extent Of woodland in the empire, thcro has
been constant gain. In 1850 tho wooded surface
OF Franco waa 8783 ai3 hectares, or eas than a.
600, 600 acres, tho whole number of acres OF land
in Franco being nt lenst 125 600 O0O In 1865 the
number Of hectares in wood had increased to over
5000, 900, nearly million acres moro than if
teen years before.
There Is fIrore in Piris for e new style Of
watch at tho present moment. It is large, made
OF ebony, and ornRmonted at tho back with the
initials OF the owner in silver, oso with fancifu
arabesquos. Tho dial plate, which is sman is sur
rounded by thick circle of ebony tho figures and
hours being in silver. This watch hangs from un
ebony chatelan, tho rings OF Which arc ornamcntcd
with silver, aGd joined together either by bars or
balls Of silver, according to tho pattern Of the
chatelnine.
The Commissioner OF tho Gonoral Land Office is
taking means to obtain accurate information in
regard to tho extent OF the several railroads of tho
United states-thoso completed and thoso pro-
jectcd and legun. To this end ho has opened cor
Tespondcnco with Statc authorities in order TO
have tho correctness OF the data tested which tho
Commissioner has collected II is intended to re-
fleet tho aggregate e1tont of tho railway system
in the next annual report OF tho General Land
Office, in connection with detail as to tho immense
grants mado by Congress in aid OF the railway
Bystem.
Renr-Admiral STEWART was born in Phlndcl-
phia, July 28 1775 just aftcr the evacuation OF the
city by tho British, and on Sunday last was called
on by many Of his friends at his residence, in tint
city it being tho occasion OF tho celebration OF his
oighty-nlnth birthday. His original entry into the
navy was tho 0lh OF March, 1893, 30 that ho Inns
been over Hirty-nino yoors in tho service; has bcen
in over forty engagements with tho onemics of his
country, among tho number being tho famous
bombardmcnt Of TripoG, August 8, 1901. Ho cap
turcd his Britannia Majosty's two Bhips-oF-War the
Cyane and Lcpani, when in command oftho frigatc
Constitution, February 20, 1916.
Tho african Repository, organ Of tho American
Colonization Society, speaks of what has been
douo within few years for the moral renovation
OF tho African continent, as folows; "On tho