The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

: oos vet to be heard Its deliberations have been
oonduated m secret; but it is understood that all
official report will shortly be published. am
abla to announce, however, some OF the results Oh
the deliberations OF the bishops. Sevtnty-SA
bishops were present at Lambeth Paiace. lucy
partook of the communion together anu o WIS
occasion the communion bread was naue VI oot
from Bethlehem, and the wine from grapes eio"u
at Jerusalem The conference haVins ei'eira'ee
in the desire Of Canadian anu otner coioniai
hishops for instructions upon certain legal Poin'o
.onnacted with church government these ciaiineu
.ho 6tot sttsntion of the Synod, and consumed
tho most of the time The case OF Blshop Coien-
so came I'D naturally, in connection with the
oa.;rs of South Africa, and the resolutions Oh |
tna Conyocation Of Canterbury were almost |
unanimously readopted;, only three bishops |
voting against them. These resolutions declare
that ths Church OF England does not hold commu-
MON with DIR. Colenso ''in the heretieal ehufch
whicb he is seeking to establish in the diocese
of Natal" and that the Church approves OF
the SYNOD OF bishops who decided that Dr.
colanso was ipso (acto communicated. 1t W!il
bs observed that this leaves the Coenso case just
where it was before. The conference mefeif
sdopts tie resolutions OF the convocation. b1t
further action growing out of this matter was
taken by the bishops at Lambeth palace, anu was
,,,,o,, mora important An encycical letter, IN
ot;n and English. was unanimously adopted and
wi, probably be published in the churches to-mor-
row II takes ND every one Of the doctrines at
tackled by Coenso, and most emphaticaug reasser's
them. 1t also protests against Roman Catholicism
and Marioatry, and claims that the English Church
ia the only true and genuine religious nstitutlon'
This is as far as the Synod was prepared to 60 ~
considering general points of doctrine 1t Will
scsrcev be found satisfactory, for The real ques-
tion now is, what is The English Church For the
rest. the bishops have had 6 very gooo u"e III
London Special services have peen heio eVefy
morning in most Of the churches, ana large suihs
subscribed Tor missionary work, Last evening
there was cOnuersazione at st. James HAIL. Inc
bishops of Vermont, Louisiana, Rhode lsianni oIi-
tario London, New Zealand, Oxford and Cape
Town were present. The Bishop OF London mas
o;vsp dinner to- some of his colleagues every
evenine. The English are astonished to see some
of the American and colonial bishops wearing
boards. Outside of ths ultra-church circles the
SYNOD has occasioned no e1oitement and ntte
curiosity. The Times has written 1T down as oi
no importance except 70 the bishops themselves.
ever since the order excluding reporters was is-
rued. "S. G. o." the well-known correspondent
of the Times, has also been let loose against the
synod and as soon as the official report is publish
ed there will come hailstorm Of criticism The
American bishops are all in very good health.
TEE MILL. ARy STRENGTH ofthe army OF the Ger
man Northern Confederation, including the Grand
Duchy of Hesse is imposing In every respect, and
does not exist like that of the late dermanic Con-
federation, on Taper only. According to the ar
raneement Of the contngents it will include, on
war footing:--1st Field troops, not including the
aiees artillery which may be formed, and the re-
serve pontoon corps II $50 of6csrs 4s7, ,67S petty
officers and men, 152 42B horses 1884 guns, Il s79
WAGONS M.-Troops st the depots, 4477 officers,
1855, 600 men, a2,955 horses and 22O guns. 3d-or-
dinary garrsons, 1906 officers, JAS, LAG men, 1881
horses. 4th.-0ther military corps remaining in
the country 472 officers, $3.50 men, 1900 horses
Thus at the first moment Of the mobill- |
cation there will bs placed on foot 20,965
officers, sS4, ,4SS rank and file, 1884 horses,
1904 guns, and the wagons above mentioned
To those forces may be added: 5th-Tle re-
mainder of the garrison in fortresses: 1858 9TH
GERS, 81, ,65S men, 3d. IA horses, and about one
hundred and fifty guns, which makes total OF
22,e5S officers 899, 14 men, 2OO,e55 horses, 1854
guns, and L, ,s7S Wagons. The peace effective is
27O OOO rank and file, besides officers; the duration
of service is three years; the four years OF the re-
serve include Ia deduction Of twenty per cent. be-
ing made for poa-effectyes), 2ss 900 men, to which
number must be added $1,000 men disposable OF
xr1th he
aruiy of 500 900 men, i'll all 903 000 In addition 10
these forces are those Of States Of South
ern Germany ylBavaria, Wurtemburg and Baden
which are united to Prussia by offensive and de-
fensive treaties, They consist Of about 100000 |
men IN the field, 81, 100 i'll the depots and 226564
in the garrison II those Of the Northern Oonfed-
GRAFTON with Hesse are only taken at S92 l41 men,
that makes total force of 1,l0l, al men, besides
2s 900 officers.
TIE OF $4,000 Springfield rhed muskets
altered to the Springfield breech loader" order
ed some time since by the War Department, are |
nearly finished. Three hundred OF the beautiful |
little cadet breech leaders have been finished and
sent to West Point, and the cartridge boxes in
tended to accompany them, are being manufacturi
ing the Springfield breech loader, and when work |
starts up again, they will turn out five hundred
per day. This number can be easily doubled in |
case Of an emergency by employing force Of night
workmen. Officers in the service whose commands |
are armed with the Springfield breech leaders, are
required to report to the Ordnance Office their |
opinions ON the merits and defects Of the gum
The reports, as q whole, ispsak very favorsbly |
of the arm as being very effective, not
liable to get out Of order, and easily cleaned |
party oft Senty -fve OF the Thirty eighth United
States Infantry, med with these rifles, we're at
tackled on the plains not long ago by large force
of Indians, and after sharp fight Of several |
hours beat them of. Major General Augur exj |
pressed his decided opinion that the whole party |
owed their lives to the breech leaders. Expert |
ments are being made with cartridges with the |
idea to improve the form of the bullet, The |
grooves in the bullet are made deeper, and the |
csyity at the base deepened. The advantages |
sought are to Tighten the weight Of the bullet, and
to improve the lubricant that covers it, 80 that The
gun will not foul. The Armory Guards are Oeing
instructed in Uptons Tactics, just promuea by
ordere OF the War Department. They drill three |
nights in the week, squad drills on Monday and |
Tuesday evenings, and company drills on Thurs |
day evening.
Tue NORWEGIAN cottage at the Champ de Mars,
near the Bavarian establishment where the Tyro- |
lese singers give their concerts, possesses an at |
traction We were not aware OF, viz that OF cheap
cooking apparatus on new plan. Few OF us |
would engage to roast fowl at fire in five min
utes, and yet this is the feat performed by our |
Norwegian host. A fowl is put into an iron kettle,
which is heated Tor only five minutes, and then |
put into wooden box lined with felt, which is i'm
medistsly closed and buckled fast. There is re- |
mains for three hours while the broth is boiling. |
There are, moreover, other dishes undergoing the
same process as our fowl. At the epd Of the time
prescribed the box is opened, and you find your |
dish Khate1er il may be nsrfectlY well roasted or L