The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-03
The' ll:2il1g Menus
NEWS SUMMARY

finished by January.
GEoRoE FRANCIS TRAIN has rontod his hotel al
Omaha for sl0h0U yoar.
There is q lady living in Portsmouth, va, WHO
Inns attained tho remarkable ago of Iii years.
Tho bridge at Columbia Pa, burned 10 prevent |
tho Confodoratos nom crossing in 1868. ID boing |
rebuilt.
seycal small parcels of Virginia tobacco, from |
thig yoar's crop, hayo already byon s3ld in tho |
DanyiIle market.
single denler in oggs in Western Now York
sent over hRlf.a million or them to market at Now
York in three weeks.
They pay gopd salaries in Denver, Colorado. An
Illinois preacher recently invited there is to receive
$4,000 q year in gold.
A party OF Swiss immigrants arrived IN Lynch
burg few days ago. and reported to The Virginia
Immigration Society.
Tho oight-honr mon OF Cincinnati won't vote for
tho editor Of tho GazcHe as Congressman because
ho works sixteon hours day.
Mr.. ALEXANDER PACE, OF Prince George Comfy,
sent the Grst bale of new cotton grown in Virginia
this yesr to Petersburg last Friday.
Owners OF starch factories in the northorn part
Of Now Hampshire, tho Concord Salesman says,
nro contracting for potatoes at thrty-,hree cents
per buBhel.
Tho exact majority for HA1anT, i'll California, is
aaoertained to bo nine thousand one hundl ed and
four An interested politician thinks this Haight-
ful majority.
Tho drought in central Illinois is terrible. Near
ly all tho wells and csterns in Springfield fail
Ing and in tho country there is not ono we'll in ten
that ia not dry.
A party consisting Of men, women and childron,
10 tho number of 250 will leave Boston tho coming,
month to sottlo near Natawka, on tho Kickapoo
reservation, Kansas.
In Boston, as in London, the city authorities arc
nbnut N imn0an tha ropc NJ fnJfi Onf
licenses upon the bootblacks. Tho nowsboys of
Boston IRE also to bo licensed.
Hon. JOHN A. LOGAN mado speech at Glove
land, Ohio, on saturday, in which he favored tho
election Of colorcd mon to Congress, and itima-
ting that colored President would not bo much
nmiss.
Archbishop hlcCLosKEY, il ia said, has callod for
volunteers among the priesta in Now York, to pro-
coed at once to New Orleans to tako tho placoa Of
the clergy who either worn out arc down
with the yellow fover
headquarters at Petersburg, has been presented to
the Bureau of Military Statistics Of New York. md
has arrived at Albany. 1t is in charge OF Will
LIAM II. MINK, Kocpor of the State House.
Tho Washington IntcGigencer, in speaking of
General DAN. E. sIcRLEs, says: 'wo learn that
it ia hardly probable that this gentleman will be
gratifed with court OF inquiry. Ho has been Or
dered to await further instructions at New York
CITY" .
THOMAS DARCY MCGEE has joined tho total alb
stinence society, not only for tho next Canadian
legislative aession but, ho says, with the help
OF God for all time" Ho confosses to have been
hard drlnkor, and that tho habit told on his best
resolutions
Tho Portsmouth IN. H. Chronicle says it is as
serted that Secretary WEL1.Es has ordered a court
martial to convene Mt the navy-yard thcro on tho
I'd Of Oatobcr, foft trial Of nh engineer who re-
Gently denounced the President and said he ought
to bo impeachcd.
Tho Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
OF Boston, it would seem, do not think Boston any
longer worthy OF witnessing their martial array.
They havo sent committees 10 Providence, Now
Bedford and Portsmouth, N. H., to select spot
for their next parndo.
The Paris tradosfolk. 40 says letter writer, aro
go ng to teach tho Yankees trick OF advertising.
They propose to erect along the BouIevards o
number OF lay 1surers upon which clothiers of all
kinds can display ther waros, paying for tho privi-
lego by Tho week.
OUNCES: 1t was FniRed in Amherst by Mr.. J. II.
PAhPLN Tho VirgInian worry properly proposes
to send 1t {why not bring it p down to the e1hibi-
tion OF the Horticultural and Pathological Society
Tho Treasury Department has passed upon and
approved the last of tho war claims OF the State of
Missouri against tho Government, and will soon
issue a warrant for ono million dollars, found duo
In the final settlement. Tho total sum paid to
Missouri on those claims amounted to moro than
six million dollars.
Broad street, PhiEadoldhia, is eleven miles and
half long, in ono straight limo, and ono hundred
aud fifteen feet wide, extending from Loaguo
leland, on tho Delaware Rivor, to tho Northern
boundary Of tho present city limits. At lis present
rate OF improvement, it will require only few
years to mako 1t tho most magnificent thorough
fare in the world.
Another OF the ridiculous wagers in vogue WAS
paid IN Ban Francisco lately. The loser. a Union
man, carried hand organ the whole longth OF tho
principal street, playing he won't and collecting
money for tho beneat OF tho Catholic and Protest-
ant orphan asylums The show would have been
more complete ii tho winning Democrat had play
cd the part of the monkey.
The London AMen9um publishes this nara
sraph Promising experiments have been made
In the burning Of creosoto as fuel to heat stsam
boilers. Containing threo times more hydrogen
than coal, oreosote givos off three times as much
heat-a fact of no little Importance in these days
OF enormous consumption and appreheniled or
haustion OF our coal miles,"
Inc magnitude Of the marino interests ON tho
lakes s frequently illustrated at the st Cloir
Hats, whero, sometimes, 80 largo q loet of yos
selS is COLLECTED for passage through the difficult
channel that Siam" occurs, ipjuring vessels. and
temporarily obsiructing navigation altogether.
Tho latost Siam" Was on tho night OF the a5tb
but no serious damage resulted.
Ohio WAS, by the consus Of 1860, the third State
IN the Union having population Of 2,ss9, 500, or
IA per cent. Of the whole. Tho State now ciyos
more attention to the production Of wool, having
tho largest number of sheep OF any State, viz:
6,56s052, out of 49, 695 797F in tho United statos
the live stock in tho State valued, in 1856, at
1000, which erceeds that OF any other State
except New York, being $170, 0,552, 500.
is proposed to construct a magnificent church
IN IarTytown, New York, to tho memory OF WASH
HoToS 1RvNo. Tho cta chosen for tho church ia
on Broadway, tho principal avenue of Tarrytowp.
in tho immediate noighborhood of Sleepy Hollow
and the comotcry whore Mr.. IRyINa is buried. The
work has begun, and tho subscriptions amount TO
upwards Of twonty thousand dollars. Eight thous
and dollars moro aro required. It is estimated
that tho towers will cost the additional sum of ten
thousand dollnrs.
HonAcE GREELEY proposes That an appropriate
building be ercctod at Now York for tho perpetual
exhibition and encouragement OF American manu-
facturos, and ho ofors to devote to its purpose bs
accumulated savings Of forty ycnrs-tho sum of
TWO hundred Thousand dollnrs-guarantooin TINT
tho edifico should bo oponcd on tho Atb NJ JrI,,