The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-20
The Dailg NPms,
NEWS SUMMARY.
Cotton closed in New York quiot and frm at IS
for Middling uplands.
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Cotton 1io5oa IN New GTli Iuiot and ltIi at Isl
for Middling upands.
Gold closed at At.
Liverpool quotations unchanged.
Genorul ROUSSEAU will sail from Now York ON tho
2sd inst to tako military possession OF walrussa.
Tho old pcnnsylyania Bank building ut pha.
dolphin is to DO removed, piccomoal, to Portland,
Bic. Tho marble Inns boon marked, lcttorcd nnd
numbered, Htono by stono, and will reappcar at
tho latter city a custom house.
Tho American steamship Quaker city, Captain
DUNCAN, with largo number Of excursionists
from tho United States on board has arrived at
Naples, whcro shc hns been plnced In quarantine
Tho Quaker City was OH her why TO tho Holy
Land, and her dotontion causes much indignation
among tho passcngois.
Before tho Sultan left England no was presented
BY tho British and Foreign Biblo Society with
very handsomely bound Biblo in tho Turkish Ian
gunge, and lie received tho gift very gracious
ly. Diblo was also to DO presented to tho Egyp-
tlan yceroy, but il was not ready in time, and will
bo eont out to Egypt.
Tho tics for tho Kansas Pacific Railroad hayo to
be transported from tho castcrn border, and aro
estimated to cost laid down, ono dollar each Fuel
used by tho locomotives has all to DO transported
two hundred miles. AS tho road progresses west
ward this expense will increase for as yet no good
coal has been discovered.
An island that has long boon stationary in tho
middle Of Goose Pond, at Tyringham, Mass, has
recently loacd to tho upper ond Of tho pond about
half milo from It's original location. 1t iB an &C.
cumulation OF about onc-quartcr aero, and las
treos twenty feet high and heavy growth Of
smaller bushes OH it.
a number Of negroes applied rocontly to the
contractor on tho Houston tTo1as) City Gas
Works for employment. Ho informed thom that
f0r nd lint In,
pay thom in that sort Of money OF the ratio OF two
dollars por day. Tho freedmen, however, refused
to take currency, but agreed to take onu dollar in
apeco Per day in liou Of two dollars in greenbacks
At tho lato horse chow in London, tho Agri-
cultural Hall medal for extraordinary merit was
awarded to tho white Arabian marc Cdrtoftd, on
account OF hor grcat beauty and high caste. Tho
fAther Of tho mare is Of tho tribo OF Sakapi, and
now in the possession Of tho King OF Prussia and
the mother Of tho tribe OF Atoa now In tho stables
OF the King Of Wurtcmburg. Carloha ia tho pro-
perty Of o lady in Manchester.
An Australian papor says that tho noighborhood
oiHarelock was rocontly visited, after q honry
rain. by clouds OF flying ants which were dovourcd
in great numbers by the fowls but tho insects, not
killed by tho swallowing, ate their wny through tho
birds crops, and caused their death. This was
not credited at first, but post portcn examinations
have shown tho insects aivo in tho ruptured crops
or crawling out OF tho dead BIRDS throats.
Tho sacred relics preserved in tho Cathedral OF
AiI-lA-Chapello arc exhibited to the public once in
HoVcn yea:B, to tho great omoumcnt Of tho inn
keepers. In tho present year tho concourae OF
pilgrims is SO great that tho number has bcen es-
timated at 100000 for q single day. More than
GO,O0o were counted to hayo passed tho gates, and
the number that arrived by railway was about 49,
600 moro.
Ders,
paper writes: General SHERMAN and his family
haEo arrived for thepurposo Of visiting tho Worlds
Fair. ThiH Ia the second time tho General has
favored Paris with visit since tho American war
he is fifty years Of ago, md looks as young and
fresh as ever" Tho vividncss OF tho corrcspon-
dents imagination appears great, when ono re-
fleets that General SHERMAN is still on our Vest
ern border.
The Chelsea tCt.) Paper Manufacturing Com
pany, at Grcenville Campbell, Hnr & Co., New
York;, havo ono Of the largest paper mills in tho
world. Tho mill contains iyo machines and scven-
teen engines with daily capacity OF from Is, 600
to 2oooopounds Of paper per day. Ono hundred
and seyenty-fyo hands arc kept stoadily at work.
and tho mill is receiving new machine of 90
inches cylinder, to accommodate which large l.
has been built. Tho mill is now running on book
and newspaper.
for new mail route from Montana to ST. Paul
This route is tho extreme northern, selected with
view to avoid hostile Indians, md is pronounced
very favorable one. Tho contractor who laid il
out met some OF the Sioux and Aesiniboines, who
readily gnye permission for the right Of way. Ho
came from the Minnesota border to Helona in four
teen days, and expects that tho coaches will mako
the distance in twelve days. Two military posts
are to be established on this route
The New Bedford Standard says the Northern
whaling feet this senson numbers ono hundred
and two vessels in tho Ochotsk, Arctic and Kodiack
Seas. or these ssyenty-two nre in the Arctic
twenty in tho Ochotsk. and ten on tho Kodaok
ground. Nineteon OF the fleet are expected TO ro-
cruit in the fall at San Francisco, and eighty three
at Honolulu. II tho average quantity Of oil and
bono s taken tlIcro will be between Sc, 900 and
10000 barrels Of oil and 600 pounds Of bone to
ship from, Honolulu next November and December
to this port and Bremen.
The French Empress has at last succeeded in
obtaining her entree into good society. She will
accompany her husband to Saltzburg On the spe.
cih invitation OF tho Emperor and Empress of
Austria. Hitherto most Of thu royal and impernl
ladies OF Europe have persistontly "cut" tho e1-
countess. But now that lndy OF such nmpeacl.
able ION as her Imperial Majeaty ELIZABETH
AhKLn EuaENIE has taken her up, her future is
assured When the Gear OF Russia and King OF
Prussia next visit Paris they Will have to bring
their wives.
It is reported from Vienna that when the sult On
visited that city last month, a smile passed over
his usually impassivo countenanoe whom ho was
shown the chain which tho Turks in 1888 threw
aoross tho Danube. to prevent rointorcemonts from
Joining the dofendcrs by water He called the at-
tention Of his suite TO It, saying: "we don't make
use OF these things now-a-dsys.n When ho gets
back to Constantnople, to ponder over the won.
ders he saw in France and England, it is to bo
hoped the Sultan will find :aome things in Turkey
which "hre OF NO use nowadays"
The projected new Suspension Bridge at Niseara
Falls is being pushed forward with groat prospect
of speedy success. Contracts have alresdy been
made for all tho materials, except tho wro which
ths Chief Engineer will soon sail for Europe 10
procure. Tho towers will be los feet high; the
span 1850 feet; height above the water 175, and
width Of roadway 10 feet. The bridge is intonded
FOR the passage Of carriages and pedestrians, and
viii be ono OF the most substantial structures OF
the kind in this country. The towers will bo COM
pleted in about four weeks, AMI the bridge opened
to the public early next spring.
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