The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-01
The' 1ailg Nema.
NEWS SUM MARY.
ID closed in Now York yesterday at 43i.

within two weeks.
Tho suspension Of tho Bangor Times lcavos but
si1 daily newspapers in Maine--cr" oon'ocr"ue
and fvo Republican.
Quoen yIcropIA ia said to b, so highly pleased
with the fattorDg notices o. hor book that by hor
order they hsro boon csllo'tod in huge volume.
Thev hayo Gas Inspector at Cincinnati who
wookly reports tho qusty OF gas in candle power.
Last Sooks report 'eproHents tho gas at 15-candio
powor orory night
Tho yellow fo,or has visited twenty towns in tho
lowor portion Of tho State of Texas. Some of
thcso PLACES were mover known to hayo a case Of
tho disciHo boforo.
Tb, hshormcn plying off Morsca Island, on tho
co,,t OF England, havo discovered about twelve
Lundred casks Of Emo gunpowder floating about
Tho valuo is estimated at f1000.
Professor Max MULLER iB engaged upon scrios
OF essays on religion, mythology, legends and
customs, which are to be published under tho
tito Of "Chips from German Workshop"
Senator PoMEnoy and ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
aro stumping Kansas in favor OF womcns rights
ard nogro suffrage. The Republican State Com
mitteo ignores female suffrage to thrir great dis
gust.
Tho Panama steamer which sailed from San
Francisco on tho 9Oth instant, will take machinery
for twenty stamp and quartz mills, from a foun-
derry In that city, for a mine ut Kings Mountain,
North Carolina.
STERLrEa PRICE, late General in the Confederate
army. and for tho past ak months doing business
In st. Louis, is dangerously i'll, and was not OK
pcctod to 1.-Two moro than day or two. Io has
been unwell for some timo.
It is curious fact that nows from South Ameri-
ca comes now by way of England. Yankee cntor-
prise has not yet established limo of steamers
with South American ports, and the British lines
III, pl,i, oh, x-n1
here by the Atlantic cable.
The Roman people have boon greatly oxctod by
an eaglo alighting the clock of the Palazzo Ci-
torio, where il pcrchcd all night, despite tho Of
forts of the police to drive him away. 1t was re-
sardod as presaging the advent OF tho oaglos of
the Republic.
man in Maine has invented machine for dig
sing potatoes. Tt consists of scoop mRde oil
boiler Ion which ia driven undor the potatoes
and lifts them with tho earth upon hopper OH
which tho Garth ia shaken pn, and tho potatoes
thrown into tho furrow behind tho machine
The London Telegraph says: "The rivalry be-
tween north and south, not only na regards race
horses but also as regards special products, or
oven literature, is rapidly disappearing. Tho worry
dialects Of Yorkshire and Somersctshiro arc in
course of assimilation to each othor through tho
mighty invention of SrErEEasoN."
man in Round Rock, Texas, siaush beef,
and found In it genuine ten dollar gold piece A
tarmor lost purse containing fifteen dollars in
gold while surveying on tho prairies in the Iocai-
ty, and it ia supposed that tho steer swallowed the
coin while owing tho purso. Tho money was
lost several years ago.
Birds OF passage havo begun thoir annual miera-
tion southward through Belgium month earlier
this yoar than usual; already long lines Of storks
have taken flight; busta1ds haro been killed in the
neighborhood of Paris, and wild ducks have passed
in such numbers that tho oyo cannot follow them
All this it is said, presagea q hard wintor.
The drouth in Ohio still prevails to tho great in
Jury OF tho corn and potRtoe crops. Farmers arc
selling thoir stock; wnter is vory scarce and, in
many cases, tho cattlc have to DO driven great
distance for water. Farmers not feeding hogs
1or the wintor markets to my great extent and no
contracts aro being made but those for oarly do
livery.
Tho will Of the widow Of King FERDINAND the
First has been opened at Rome. The Queen bo.
qucaths to tho Ligu rist Fathers 20 branch of tho
JeHuits) o Naples, three thousand crowns; in case
of tho suppression OF that comm. nifty tho srm ia
to go to tho Lguorists OF Sicily, and should these,
too, be suppressed, then IL will reyort TO tho
House Of Hapsburg.
newspaper saranf says that thcro arc two
kinds of house aies-those that bite and those
that do not; and he has discovered way to tel,
them apart. Tho fos that do not bite, no SAYS,
always rcst with thor heads downward and tho
biting flies with thoir heads upward. There III an
easier and more certain method of distinguishing
them, namely, By the bite.
Judge PARKER, of the Circuit Court of Virginia,
han rendered decision that tho old banks, making
assignments under tho Act OF February, 1866, can
not give preference TO any class Of credtors that
nntp-hn1f1arn hnra mo nrrFo
and that deposits in Confederate money are to be
treated debts of tho bank to the o1tent of their
value at tho time Of the deposit
The English papors announce tho death of The
engraver, WILLIAM WALLER. Among his beat
works wero the "Passing OF tho Reform Bill, tho
"Abardcen Cabinet" and tho 'Litnrary Party at
Sir J' sNua Reynolds" One OF his iatost produc-
tionH, "The Distinguished Men Of Science, t" tho
engraving or which occupied him during six years.
cost him nearly f50O0 before bringing any return.
AT meeting OF merchants OF San Francisco TO
consider the navigation Of the Colorado Riyer the
facts were produced to prove that goods can be
carried from that city to Coyille, six hundred
miles above the mouth Of tho river at four conts
pound, and be transported thonco to Salt Lake
City at good profit. Tho passage can be made
during all seasons Of tho year, in from ton to fifteen
days. 1t is proposed to subscribe 5000 TO Luild n
new steamer to run in connection with ono al
ready on tie river. Great interest is manifested
in the project.
The Minnesota Historical Society made q grand
excursion to Lake Minnetonka on Tuesday, Inst
to Investigate what wore supposed to be Indinn
mounds, from 500 TO 1000 yoars old. Several hu-
man bones wore found and discussed, which after-
ward proved to ba tho broken limbs of trees,
supposed skull olcitod great attention from it's re-
markable chronological development, but it was
found to DO mud-turte's shcll. Several mounds
have been prepared in that vicinity, and supplied
with bonos and pieces Of broken crockery for tho
future investigation Of this Society.
In speech delivered by Sir JouN BowRIsa. at
Dundee, bofore tho British Association he urged
that greater attention should bo paid at tho public
schools to roading, writing and arithmetic. He
stated that when ho was Governor OF Hong Kong,
highly connected young gontloman was sent out
to him for public employment, bringing recon-
mendations from very influential quarters re-
port having shortly aftcrward reached him of the
gentlomans Ignorance, no cont for him and eYam-
mod him as to his proficiency in apelling. When
required to spoil tho word candlo tho highly con-
neoted young gentleman spoiled it "kandelI.n
The rage for any fanciful accessory to toilet ia
not of long duration with French womon; oven
gilt ornaments, says tho Quoon, are already bo.
ginning to be superseded by ivory oncs Dleppe
is famous for It's carvings in that beautiful SUBJ
stance, and the fashion Of wearing ivory, proba-
bly, inaugurated iu that town, will most cert ainIy