The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-18
NEWS SUMMARY.

~ successfully overthrow and annihilate the |
hostile Indians by the United States Army, Gen. |
Aro,r ,timates would cJst ten millions OF dollars |
a week for two years.
-Henrs Ward Beocher noticing recent attacks |
upon him by orthodox papers, says: Like drum, |
never seem to be answering tho end OF my being |
unless somebody is beating me-"
The sum OF $50 900 has been expended IN the |
registration OF the voters Of the First Military DIS
tr1ct. The fund is now exhausted, and nothing
more can ba paid until Congress makes another
appro oriation for reconstruction.
Speak ng OF the Everett statue, New York
paper says: '.No power OF human genius can make
the human figure digni6ed in the modern dress OF
men, and sculpture always fails when she tries to
do so, even vita tho pretsnce Of the Spanish cloak
or the Scott h plaid"
Dancing is becoming unfashicnable. In New
York" SO says the Gazette, "more elegant and in
tenectual diversions have been given" We
further learn, from the same authority, that the
Intellectual diversions comprise fine readings and
rs'itatons, ending in some cases with delicious
suppersl"
"A Mississippi railroad has al engine named
''W. Booth" Under the impression that twas in
honor of the murderer OF Mr.. Lincoln the militia
~ authorities forbade its being run, but on learn
ing that 1t was purchased before the war, and was
in honor OF some local celebrity, the order was
rescindsd.
Charles Dickens, a high authority, leans to
the position that first impressions usually cor
rect and also says: Il have known a vast quantity
OF nonse Sc talked about bad men not looking you
10 the face. Don't trust that conventional idea.
Dishonesty will stare honesty out Of countenance,
any day in the week, il there is anything to be
got by it,"
An Englishman, carrying long range rifle
with telescope sight, accompanied GarlbaidIs ex-
pedtion for sport. He would establish himself
vel out OF h1ln's way, and pick OF his man at
leisure putting down every successful shot IN
sporting book. It is supposed that he killed MIR.
Julian Watts Russell, OF Stafordshire, England,
who WIS fighting in the Popes army at Montana.
London correspondents make good deal OF
fun of the Abysslnian expedition, and speak OF the
supplies as consisting Of 'ccrds ond handles for
be.pulls bottled reer, rat traps, cases Of backn2
and mangles." The soldiers are advised to beware
Of the ''serpents, many CT whom are said to be
vsnomous," and not to drink water from poisoned
wells. The expedition doesn't meet with much
favor from the people.
Articles Sere exhibited at the Paris Exposition
apparently made OF meerschaum, rut manufac-
tured entirely oui Of potatoes, prepared IN peou-
liar manner by a chemical process. Turnips
heated in the same way furnish excellent imi-
tasion Of stag's horn, which can be cut into thin
plates for veneering, and rendered as flexible as
leather by soaking II glycerine or water. Carrots
similarly prepared make an imitation coral.
The pit in the st. Louis theatres has been al
ways occupied By rowdies and low persons"
few gentlemen thought the matter worth reform
ing, SO they arrayed themselves like the lilies Of
the field, IN waite vests, "chokers," gloves and
faultless broadcoth, and took their seats in that
part of the house. Tue innovation had Its effect.
Awed by the gorge geors attire and polished demea-
nor and lorgnettes Of tho swells the "low per-
TvrITueu quiet, attentive
and abashed throughout the perform Ince. St.
Louis prides itself upon the performance of the
Wigs.
In Brooklyn very beautiful church spire is
being erected and it is said that the mode Of de-
terni ing the inclination Of the spire and regula-
ting its peypendcularity is ingenious, though SIM
pie. It is accomplished by an instrument called
batter plumb. This is made of two wooden rules
Joined together at the extremitiss, vii plumb
rules is perpendicular and the other inclined at the
angle required for the swell of the spire This in
chned rule ls placed against spre as it is built
ard the plumb line filling more or less from the
perpendicular OF the other rule shows whether the
line Is accurate.
Tho systems Of signaling and telegraphing
are now uniform in the army and navy OF the
United States. The cadets at West Point, and the
midshipmen at Annapolis, are instructed in the
same SYSTEM so that when they become officers
they will be enabled in any contingency OF land or
na al service, to open and maintain communica-
tion by codes Of signaling and electric telegraphy
identle i in ther operation. Tho systoms in use
during the war in the army, are the foundations Of
those taught, and it is announced from Washing
ton, that O. lionel Myer, the Signal Officer, is i'm
proving them by adding modes Of signaling and
talsgraphing in cypher. a.. --55.-5...
"A very unpleasant scandal has come 10 light
in England with regard, to one IF hsr Majestys
Consuls, Mr.. Calvert, whose post was at the Oar.
danelles. He is now accused Of having attempted
to detraud Lloyds agency by insuring for ETA 600
ship which never existed, and then pretending
that it had bean destroyed by fire, and sending in
o claim for the money. L.oyds were suspicious,
circumstances. Upon hearing is, Mr.. Calvert,
as it is alleged, fed an hid himsel-certain it is
that he disappeared for some weeks. prosecu-
ton has been ordered by the British Government.
~-The prospect Of heavy taxation is not very
pleasant at present in England. The London
Times takes despoudng view Of the prospective
financial condinon Of that country for the coming
year. What with the necessity Of expending s10,-
100000, m income tax Of 5s. n)w, an increase of
Cd. the tax Of 1sss-9 and probable rise in the
taxes on tea and spirit duties, there is much, it
says, to be seriously considered by the govern
ment The trade returns, likewise, give cause for
despondency. For October, 1885,, they shcw
falling of in the exports Of per osnt. as COM
pared with October lust year. For the first ten
months of 1867 that have passed, the falling of is
81 per cent. from tho returns oi the same period
1896.
-fre Kentucky Senate has adopted, BY vote
Of twenty-five to SIX, resolution providing for
ths appointment of select committee Of five from
the Senate and five from tie House, with instruc-
tons to report as early practicable the assessed
value OF slaves taken from the citizens OF Kentucky
b. Federal Executive proclamation, by acts Of
Congress, and by the amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the United states, known rs the thirteenth
article; Id, also, tho value Of such slaves taken
from each county in the commonwealth; and that
said committee report what steps are necessary
and proper to enable the citizsns Of the State to
obtain compensation from the Federal Government
for such slaves SO taken.
III March 1868, Congress suspended the reci-
procity treaty witt Canada, which it was thought
would be au Admnhbe means Of venting its wrath
against Great Britain. Previously to that time
large supplies of wheat, oats, potatoes, lumber,
and other articles Of Canadian production, had
been obtained nom Canada, increasing our COM
rnarca with lha nrnvinces tn az from & 4.