The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-19
Hhe 1ai1g NemsY
NEWS SUMMARY.


In Now York Cotton closed at 2Gac. for Middling
Uplnnds.
Gold closed ut 40.
Cotton closed In Liverpool al 10lc. for Aliddling
Uplnnds.
Tho Builalonians boast that they havo coEaum-
Cd $4,000 quarts OF strawberries this season.
Afruitgrowor in Fayoltvilo, onondaga Co., Ind
hill Of Strawberries that produced 400 berries.
Tho liquor sellers Of Brooklyn paid of $1S0,0O0
OF the city dobt last year.
Tho oil wells Of Pennsylvania now yield lcsa than
ak thousand barrels per day.
Twonty thousand Americans nre estimated to
hayo crossed tho Atlantic, from tho west TO cast,
sinco February last.
Tho Russian Go,ernmont has sold tho 81. Po-
tersburg and Moscow Railroad to tho Messrs
BAnIHo BBoTHERs and HorNoUEH.
Bishop sooTr, Of Oregon, died at Now York on
tho 14th instant, nftor short illnoss. His obse-
quies took place at Trinity Chapel on tho 10th.
II Ia said that tho English Government will en-
ploy sepoys against AbyBsinisnB. These pooplo
delight In blood and arc moro cruel than any OF
our Indians.
Among the latost arrivals at Saratoga aro two
young ladies from Havann, known as tho ''churms
Of Cuba" and wearing diamonds TO tho value OF
s2500c0.
Considerable e1citomoni e1ists in West Virginia
and portion Of Ohio, oyor tho discovery OF silver
ore which is said to contain nnety-four per cont.
Of silver and six Of copper.
A farmer named HoRNsbY, residing In johnson
County, No., has brought suit against Gen. sTER-
LING PnIoE and other officers Of tho rebel army,
for damagcs sustained by him in tho summer OF
1861, by reason OF being imprisoned by robol
soldiers undor Prico.
About threo hundred aud fifty mon are employ
cd during tho summer along tho limo OF tho Hud-
son river getting out leo and loading tho boats
which are to tako II to New York. During tho six
hotties. s=cosG C. GUNNER, That city consume.
every week something like twclvo thousand tons.
A correspondent OF tho Li1eric writes that the
denunciation Of tho death penalty against tho au-
thors of tho olandostino political u,nals in Spain
has had no ohor ooct than to increase thoir yiru-
lenco and their popularity. ThoY are road and
quoted in all circles.
A man claiming to bo m American citizen was
reoontly arrested in Paris and sent to Portugal at
tho request Of the Portuguese government. Tho
American hIiniBtor demands his roleaso, and re-
quiros that ho bo returned to Franco in a Portu-
gueso man-of-war.
Thoro ia q French machine in the expedition that
takes in chopped tobacco and turns out cigarettes
at the ratio Of sixty minute tho year round, ring
Ing signal bell often thoro is not enough to
put in package. Those machines about half
yard square, mako Saving Of &c, 900 francs
year.
On the 24th Of August noIt ON oYcnt will occur
which has boon only twice recorded in the history
Of celestial phonomenn. Jupiter will appear with
out satellites. Throo Of them will then bo passing
across the planets disc, and tho othor will bo i'm
mersod in it's shadow. Tho apparent absence OF
moons will Inst moro than two hours.
Several "bricks" Of Montana gold hnvo recently
boon received in st. Louis. Among thrse is ono
valued OF $4,000; two 'brick1," ono Weighing 452
and the other 453 ounces, valuea respectively at
s776s47, and tho latter at $7775.4s. each contain
Ing ss-1ooths OF pure gold. These "bricksn arc
the result OF lucky venture in tho mines by st.
Louis typo.
A light open buggy, in which wero seated Two
men, appeared in tho streots OF Boston fow days
ago, with no visible means OF locomotion Bayo q
slght apparatus undor tho box. Tho vehicle
came down tho street on the track just behind
horse car but when Tho car stopped, tho buggy
Nas turned aside and passo by tho car, guided as
easily ns II horao had been attached.
The ritual oxcitomont in England shown little
signs Of abatement. Somo phases OF tho serious
question arc worry ludtcrous. For instance, amem-
ber lately introduced in tho House Of Commons
bill to regulate tho dress Of tho clorgy. II mndc
the singular provision that no Clergyman should
wear "apy othor garment, covering or ornament" i"
except surpico aud hood. Tho bill fortunately
did not pass.
Cd Until UStober 2s ufser adopting resolution re-
queating tho Secretary Of War to suspend altering
tho muzSlo-oading Springfield rides into breach
loaders Of reduced calibro, as Ia now being dono,
until tho erpenss and utility Of tho change is In
yastigatod by tho committee. The reduction Of
calibre ronders nll the immense quantity OF ammu-
milton now on hand useless.
Tho feasibility OF running locomotives with Do
troleum is being teated by ono Of the leading rail-
road companies In Pennsylvania. II tho result
shoud be az marked in favor Of petroleum for fuel
for locomotives ns the Boston experiments provo
It TO BIO as q motor OF steamboats, tho effeot upon
the PROSTATE petroleum interests Of tho country
will be marked, and We may oxpo.t q revival Of
activity In the oil regions. :.
Tho Houston tTeIas) Telegraph Is urging, with
much ability, the occupation Of Moxioo by the
Federal Govornmonk II wants Congress TO add
Mexico to tho Fifth Military District, and tells
General sHHnDis that, II he will only undertake
to reconstruct that state of 'sprovisionh govern
nent" over there, ho will find many a man ready
to 90 with him, under tho United States flag,
whom ho nor deems srebeliious." @ ~Tf
&Ah 2hk hhbr kuoeLluS VI tu0 DOAI0 OF lTuStOe9,
held ON the 18Th ut. Of the University of the South
(Episcopalj, 1t was unanimously resolved, that
with the means now in their possession, and the
woll-fonndsd expectation OF holp from their friends,
they would set about nt once to establish school,
which, by tho wcll-knoNn scholarship and export
ence Of it's instructors, would speedily assume a
collegiate form and IN limo expand itsof into tho
magnificent proportions Of University.
Professor W. T.. RoE, writing from Elmira to
southern paper, sAys, In ono year twelve thousand
rebel prisoners we're soit 10 Elmira. or that mum.
ber, from thrce 10 four thousand died at that place
The Gorernment purchased ground in the cems-
sery, and they Nero buried In a locality by them
selves, each gravo boiug marked with the n.me OF
the person. rtis proposed to enclose tho ground
with an iron fenco, to plant trees among tho
graves, and make tho spot attractive.
A lctter from Buenoe AyreB says 'tLarge mum.
bers VI those unfortunate men and women, beguil-
cd from tho United slates to omigrato to Brazil,
begin 70 find their way thore. Thoy are poor,
helpless, deceived, and Witnesses Of tho folly
Of leaving tho United States for any country under
the sun aDoceivod by runners Of various kinds,
and finally enlisted in the srmy Is the fate Of
many poor fellow. That Brazilian schemo
tswindie y ought TO booIposed:
Considerable oxcitemont was Gro. ted on Broad.
way, New York, on the 18th, growing out OF, AZ ia
alleged, an event at Tho late cable dnncr 10 The
press. IT is said that Mr. CYaus ". FIELD, on tho
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