The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-11


Export Staples" we find Australian coal quoted at
is12aton, Cumberland s25, and Mount Diablo at
los China Moe 81; Patua g. Sugars: China No.
I, s Sandwich Island 7aa1oaa;; Peruyian sss: Anne
rica1 Xldohol SsaaS.5o Seeing thst the Internal
Revenue taxis a. q gallon, thisnust be consider
ed cheap. Wheat per 100 lbs. s1.S5. Flour per ls6
lbs A.75a6.25. These quotations we take from the
Ne,ns Letter for February %, 1867.
Under the head Of Underwriting HI San Francis
90, we find an:article showing that the Insurance
business, in the West, also, is decidedly overdone.
The writer closes by saying; "there is not much
above 100000 600 Of insurabe property in Catfor-
mia, Oregon and Nevada and the amount already
taken IN fire risks is upwards Of ss5 COO, GOO. Il
Among the advertisements ne find " "PRATTs
Abolition Oil, which on further examination wc
find the translation into Pacific of our old friend
the &C Pain Kler,n They have grocers out yonder,
able to afford to keep their poets. There is ono
BrIDfN, instance, who advertises in veree. AS
wegsve aome specimens Of California poetryin our
$columns not long since, will now give a; few lines
merely, to show what style Of muse is patronized
; BY Pacific groeers. 49, -. ~.
:. = . . The gfblsta pluck, Of goose and duck,
:s..s ot Moodeeek, anipe and plovers,
ofpartidge too and cockasoo---i:a
The last eIpless for 1ovors
seems absurd there's scarce bird
My rhymesthfs como srwhat rufHes-
so = But Beldan' agotl In TIN or pot,
The LdyER Of with Trnn1eas" arz57i5
,..s That hstline may be- considered Chef T9sfDre
OF the culinary muse. One advertisement an
n6nHces e the Patent Mechanical Chair for brush
! iinsohair by,ihachinery.a In another column we
that agents are wanted for the &C Lost Cause.
i Fromthe general character Of the advertisements
Should judge that T. the 8 male population still
largely; ;preponderates oyer the other sex, their
iBeips but . small number Of notices specially ad-
dressed toithe1ants Of thefsir SEX. ,;".c
Thsta is. q move among the demagogues and
ssone alsa,s OF the Iaboring classes, against the
Chinese: The Nesos Letter, in speaking Of late
meeting held for this purpose, sums up the argu-
1nsht fof iaMr. MoNraosfERT, the principal speak
er)ip this wise !: .If in Boston, 80 far away from
China, it WAS sweet and decorous to spill tea for
your country, how much more sweet in San Fran
disco, 20 much nearer 10 China; to knock on the
head the Cinnamon who furnish teal"'' -
They have. e. ,sohe0l, also, at the FL
Dorado; as Witness the following advertisement:
,Nt.5QAL AND TEST 1tEpIgM:: Also. gives directions
10 fhsa who Wish To- become developed as Claryoyants
and Mediums, Business directions, %: PSYCHIC
. Reading. g; Directions Tor Deyelopmenb %.
! sBut the great novelty in California just now
appears to be the great .Avitor, }" new flying ma
chine: cThaiAi dati3o,nien, paper belonging
ID the opposite part, seems to have fostered the
tAyitors invention and the Ne,rs Letter takes cor
responding palms to ridicule it. Take the follow
ing for. r.example :=..,; ;..s..is,. 49,.
- si2:i3 :. .fKNtANs AND THE AvIroR.
The proportion, r purportng to emsnate from the
,Eansn Headquarters in: NaW York, requesting the
Aerial Navigation Company 70 nsme snsn !. own @
jectsd with indignation. Their scheme OF poisang
themselves above the populous city Of London,
armed with q suppl. Of Mtro-ilycerlne, ls wen
known to the companI and they hereby assure the
party to no such fendish purpose, involving, as it
does. death and destruction to thousands Of inno-
cent and helpless persons, and the overthrow OF
that government, which is at once the pride and
boast Of humanity, and the hope OF Continental
AIetter from the Secretary of the Aerial Steam
Navigation Company to our friend, who furnished
us these papers, describes the Avitor Hermes as
being so feet long, 20 feet wide, supplied with
wines and worked by small steam engine at the
tail end.
The following je,r Gepra will give further
insight into the working Of the machine:
:: Ayrroa Observation-Disclosures NEWSPAPER
TOPICS M 18N,-AnIous to give both sides of the
great kYitor question, We take the following from
Sadvanoe copiesp Of the daily papers OF the 2Sd
FebrusrSt1S1: e. g &iS:$@;:
MsMoRAsDA-[rnoM THE "ALrA."}
'eThe Speedwen Avitor which arrived at 2. NJ.
ports that at s. A. N. yesterday, at nm altitude OF
1500 feet. she picked up two OF the crew OF the
Avitor Hghfyer, abandoned and air-logged. They
we're, very much exhausted by clinging to para
chute, having been in the air ovor five hours. On
being taken aboard they ate heartily, and express
ed themselves satisfied. This is the Highfyer,
which sailsd last week from Hongkong, and having
not yet been heard from had been given up Tor
lost. The wrecked unfortunates state that ina
heavy gale the Hghayers rudder became unman-
ageabls, and that entering rotary storm, they
were repeatedly driven round the world within the
tropio OF ofCapricon-soger attempts to cast their
graPnels at San Francisco, New York, Jerusalem
and Bagdad, being unsuccessful. Captain Blow
hard finally ordered all hands to take to tho para
chutes. They think that tue first mate aud scve-
raj others OF the crew landed in safety in Asia
Minor"
"Avitor scudder, shadbelly master, states that
on the 5th instant, being off Cape Finsterro and
TO- 900 feet altitude, picked up soda water bottle
tied TO balloon, with enclosed paper US follows;
son BOARD Ay1ToR '1IvEIY SAL
$40 A. M.,; 9Th September
COLLAPSED ribs and gas escaping. Paddles I'M
manageable. Barometer and ASitor both falGn;
with nightful rapidity: Heayen hetp us, for the
earth won't Our goose is cooked this time.
Gigned) hhosibUSTER,
Master"
ssTb;s affecting communication doubtless tells the
fata OF the well.known Aytor Lively Sal. Tho Wild
Goose states that three hats fell aboard yesterday,
and the Captain ordered the crew under hatches,
keeping sharp lookout for falling machinery, but
finally bore away SOUTH
EXCITING RACE WITH AN AEEoLITE.
"Ayitor Blazing Comet gives tho particulars of
1Hh instant. The captain ssys:&At 10 PM, the
barometer ehowng an altitude OF over $4,000 feet,
briQht light was sesn in the direction of Leo,
f.nidT approaching us on the starboard quarter.
In = few seconds q large serohte passed us in the
direction OF NE, oar coHrse being N:N.E in
Is.. ;zIa.Ga..ad tha rexolutian of nur naddea