The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-22
NEWS SUMMARY.

lands.
The Prince Of Wales has taught Alexandra tc
smoke.
Louis Napoleon owns real estate in San Fran
cisco. He may come to look after it some day.
Maryland is swept clean. Not Republican il
Office, from Governor and Legislature to consta-
bic, in the Commonwealth.
"A cotton factory is projected at Delhi, La, the
planters 10 furnish building and land, and foreign
capital TO put in the machinery.
The conservative editors OF the newspapers o.
Virginia propose to hold State Convention al
Alexandria OF the 11th Of December.
Tho Washington Union has raised the name
Of General Sherman for President, and John P
Stockton, of New Jersey, for Vice-President.
"A committee of Roman Catholic British peer;
has been formed for collecting contributions &c
the necessities Of the defenders OF the Papal ter
ritory.
General Sherman is coming to Washington, il
is saia. to perform the duties OF General-in-Chie
during General Grants incumbency OF the Secre-
taryship.
"A medical exhibitor at the Paris Exposition
asks $4,000 LOT one OF his preparations-a human
heart which grew on the right side OF its original
possessor.
Moses J. Moses. aged 70 years, bookkeeper IN
the New York county Bank, committed suicide by
cutting hs throat on Monday, in Hudson City,
New Jersey.
-Buenos Ayres has projected a railroad across
the Andes to Valparaiso, and requests Chill to CO.
operate in constructing it, The route is said to be
practicable
Secretary s yard has applied to the British
Government for cemency to o'Brien and McCon-
den, the Fenians under sentence Of death at Ian.
caster, England.
p AN effort will probably be made at the next
trial Of John q. Surratt to have him tried in some
Northern State on the plea Of the difficulty OF OBJ
tanning jury in Washington.
Lexington, ntucly, contains ladies club
where smoking, knitting, billiards, crochet cards,
sewing-machines and liquor are permitted, but
man excluded
Recently, upon the death Of clerk in the
Mayors Office, at New Orleans, the application
record for the vacancy presented list Of over
three thousand names.
Three hundred and forty-three bull ings have
been erected in ST. Paul, Minnesota, during the
past season, at cost of $500, zoo. Among the
number are forty-eight business blocks and two
2 hundred and sixty-four dwellings,.
The Nation" calcula es that, as the States at
present stand, the Democrats will have 1S7 cleo
toral votes next year, and the Republicans III.
In that case, il Ohio should go Democratic, it
would elect Democratic President
Tire tobacco factories in Lynchdurg have
senei ally stopped work for the season, and dis
charged all their hands. A very large number OF
oolored people are thus thrown out Of employ
ment, and are likely TO be in straits this Winter.
In Rowan, N. O., is the grave Of Frenchman
who lived and died there, asserting that he was
the veritable Marshal Ney. HIS own account was,
hat he was sentenced to death, but through the
interference OF friends at court the execution was
0 sham.
The revolver cannon, lately constructed at
Lieee, has been tried It has eight chambers, two
OF which are discharged at each stoppage in the
rotation. It will fire one hundred shots minute,
and with carriage and ammunition Weigh about
six hundred pounds.
When the Emperor of Austria was In France,
the people made little practical suggestion 10
their own sovereign by shouting, Long live Fran
cis Joseph |" Long live the founder Of liberal in
stitutions |" Liberty as it is in AustriaW Napo-
leon has not yet replied.
Boston housekeepers have recently discovered
that -four mixed win ice water makes the best
bread. 1t takes little longer to rise and is,
therefore, unpopular with cooks, who cons, qnent-
II have to rise little earlier to have their hot
cakes ready for bre akfast- asa
The Springfield Republican vouches for the
horrible story that Mrs. Lincoln has now under
ssr,ous consideration proposition from party OF
bar - off antn
prise while she goes through the country to de-
liver lectures and sell tickets for it.
Recent accounts from Morocco announced
that the Emperor Sidi-Mohammed, at the Lead u
aa army corps had quilted R4bat to restore order
in his States. We now learn that his arrival i'll
tho city of Morocco has suficed to reduce the In
habitants Of that province to obedience.
What does this mean? The '.Nation" says,
''the Republican party is gradually learning that
old warehouses; are all very well in time OF war;
bat that in time OF peace, when the work to be
done is ploughing and narrowing and carting, and
not ne. Ching and paving and plunging and snort
ing, they are very sorry animals"
The same week OF the Dickens farewell ban
quet in London, dinner was given to Mr.. Antho-
ny Trolope on his withdrawal from Official life by
his friends and colleagues OF the postofice, anu
another dinner to DR.. Norman Macleod, on the oc-
oasion Of his departure for India. On the latter
occasion the Dean OF Canterbury took the chair.
The CIR elk legation at Washington puts forth
further account Of the condition Of affairs in
Cardia. From this we learn that the Islanders
ere nAexibe in their determination to become part
OF the kingdom Of Greece; that the war Is being
resumed with violence, and that it viii not be
brought to close until Turkish rule ia annlhi-
lated
Lieutenant Brains, charged with the seizure
OF the steamer Chesapeake, in Northern waters,
during the war, and also with murder on the same
occasion, was brought up for trial before the
United States Circuit Court for the Eastern
District of New York on Monday last, but, on ap-
pIcation of counsel tbs case was postponed and
was finally fixed for triAl on Monday next.
The Washington correspondent OF the New
York Herald states that Chief Justice Chase will
return to Richmond on the 25th and preside at the
opening OF the Court. Hewll deliver the charge
to the Grand Jury and will then leave for Wash
ington without waiting for the trial of Mr.. Davis.
The oounsei for Nj. Davis will object to his being
tried before Judge Underwood, and it is supposed
that their opposition will result in causing post
ponemsnt OF the trial until the May Term Of the
Court.
An English paper relates an extraordinary case
Of superstition as developed at colhery In Derby
shire. One Of the workmen in the pit told the rest
he had seen ghost in shape like man." The
spread and the colliers collected with color
less countenances, anxious 10 be taken ID to the
open air. When they arrived at the surface they
met the day force preparing to descend. These,
on being in;olmed OF The apparition, were seized
with similar horror, and refused t go down.
The whole force OF two hundred men returned to
their homes, abandoning the coal-pit to the ghost.
old Vesuyius is again in action. dispatch
from Naples says that the volcano is sending up
lila. of fire which hss raas.;sA.... - -