The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-23

mAxni6Cens ahhh. i cost two thousand dollars.
The aosisty 10 which Il was. awarded, the New
xok Iisdrkrans, ID soomposed mostly Of the SONS
of wsaitAy .msrohsnts. The reception Of these
yoanx msn IN Gotham is described as an AFFAIR Of
supassine spicndr. The senserfest cost the
phi3sdsaphis Nnsical Societies between forty and
Afsy thousand dollars. The entire expenses Of the
visiting dslsgsses were psid by them.
TAs Nsw Orleans Times protests with great
sarnsstness sgainst the popular idea that New
Or,ssns IL siokiy. Il bases its argument upon
ofBeil figures. Hince the 1st Of January 1887 per-
sous hSxs died IN the city,. OF these 72S were
children under ono year OF age. Ofthe $40 deaths
from consumption, probably the greater number
vere caseasof persons coming 10 the city - last
sttsnps Cor lie. The entire number Of fatal cases
cf Sbssrs was only 1la Considering the fact that
The sity has been crowded with freedmen, . death
fsse o one IN 900 is certainly not very large.
k& Louis correspondent says most of the fifty
xhoussnd Germans IN that city are free thinkers.
They Se3dam, II ever, trouble the churches, and
Win them Sunday is 3 splendid holiday. The
mns axiatoczatio and weslthy throng the club
rooans. Beer gardens, and beer houses are in full
hansk The best bands Of the city are always en-
saxedlbr The peoples amusement. The parks are
crowded, and the whole city seems to regard Sum
davas gala dsy. In the evening the theatres
(Gsrman) are througed hom 'spit to DOME" In
no Oily b th~e 20 good chance for missionary
xuek q IN 81. Louis.
n London medical jonrnal anudes to the fact
that 5e,0e0 pounds Of coccuius ndicus was i'm
ported hcm India 10 England last year-s sut-
Acisnt quantity TO drug 40 600 tons Of beer II Is
believed that this bttsr narcotic poison ID secretly
used simply to adnlterate ale and porter. The
natives Of India employ the substance to stupefy
Ashss, % that they can easily be caught; and hav
ing discovered the bear manu-
hetursn have eagerly Appropriated it. The effects
srs ysrY injurious to the health, occasoning head
schs, dyspepsia, and various mental disorders.
The Journal, therefore, calls upon the Government
to head OF It's use by placing heavy import duty
upon the pernicious drug. Some idea Of the
physicsl harm which win result il this is not done
nay bs obtained from the fact that 100, 700 900 gal
los Of beer are consumed every year in England
Hr. Faxxou, proprietor Of Frenchs Mills, about
eiRht miles south Of Schenectady, has in bus pos
session . copper kettle, formerly the property Of
General Busao1xx, the famous Hesaan command
ar. and which Was taken st his surrender at Tcon-
derogs. The kettle weighs 15oo pounds, is Of pure
eopper, over oueeighth Of an inch thick, ten feet
in diameter, FIVE or six feet deep, and must hold
not iess than than ten hogsheads. It is pecu-
hsriy made Of strips OF copper running perpen-
diculaxly and being srtisticaIly rveted together,
10 - to leave the inner surface perfectly smooth,
while the vets project on the outside about three
sishtha Of An inch. Mr.. FRzscH has been offered
hrRe Gums Of money for 1t, buthas refused 10 part
with Il,