The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-03
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NEWS SUMMARY.

top;o workmcn at Winchester, Va, whilo on
gagged In tearing down o building q fow days since,
came upon bottle, upon which was written with
q diamond, "Botlle Of whiskey, buried in 1921"
It ia stated that Governor BRowSLow is project
Ing navy, in tho shape of two old steamers to he
iron.platcd, for sorvico on tho Cumberland Riyor,
and thus cooperate with his land forces in keeping
rebels from the polls.
England, although her people buy great mum.
bora OF watches, manufactures but small pro-
portion Of them. Whilst her watchnlakers annu-
ally manufacture &c 90 watches, she imports from
Switzerland alone IS. 900 during tho samo period
The chad "pounds" at tho mouth Of the Con-
necticut river, Enclosures in which tho fish were
caught by the Wholesale, big md little, and ship
ped TO tho New York market, were almost totally
destroyed by the heavy sons OF Inst week.
Great numbers Of tho restlcsB spirits who COM
pose the oity populations in California are already
rushing away to our newly acquired territory, to
see what can be made there, and no doubt tho poor
Esquimnu1 will DO shocked at the sample
American citizens thus procipitatcd among them.
! The: London taiIors are now sending to this
country with thor coats little GLASS bottles with
pins attached, to hold The flowers, which would
otherwise bo stuck in tho button holc. by tho
use Of these bottles Oiled with WATER of the
flowers can bo kopt frosh.
The 1atest horticultural Device is TINT Of romoy-
ing tho stones from fruit by process of gradual
reduction, by extracting tho pith from shoots aud
grating them OIL stocks aud thor own branches,
for successive Bensons Tho experiment hns been
perfectly sucoossfui with tho Malaga grape.
Coy. MApsnAII., OF Minnesota, has received from
the aoYernmsnt ton thousnnd rations, to bo dis
trbuted among the duBtituto settlers in the FROM
tior counties Of that State. Great dcsttution ex-
ists among tho now sottlors, but they hopeful,
and with litto assistance to get in their crops,
:. Seol assured Of doing .woD IA, y
~ hnEngliah company have offered to assume tho
whole debt OF Now Granada, which is set down nt
thirty three millions, md pay other liabilities
amounting to somo additional millions, for tho
exclusive privilege OF transit across the Isthmus
by railroad canal, or both for period Of nine-
ty-nino years.
Tho bust If Count BISMARCK is an object OF
great interest at tho Paris Exposition. Tho fea-
lures are thus described: "Tho forehead 10 fine,
but two grent wrinkles, which signify brutal OBJ
stinacy, arc knitted into it's middle; Tho ps aro
ansering aud cold and tho nose iB-oh, 60 pugna-
ciousi n
A lotter from the Commissioner OF Internal
Ra1onue satcs that ott Of tho whole population
,of tho United States, only 100000 persons paid
tax ppon; incomes last year-in other Words that
out orthe thirty-iyo millions OF our people, less
thnn half q million had incomes of moro than
i. Tho Atlanta Re.o Era says railroad two
miles il length has boon erected at StonG Noun
taih FOR tho beheft of tho workers in granite. It
will greatly facilitntoan of course, choapen, tho
operations OF gotsing out that kind of building mn
terial. Our friend, and formor city Architect
DIcK Bass, Esq, planned md supervised sad
railway. fjf
The Lansingburgi IN ~ clergy havo novel
way Of doing things. At recent public wedding,
the Officiating clofgyman, alter tid knot had b!eH
tied, announced that If there wero any others in
: tho church who desired to be united in wedlock,
}: they should stop forward. and forthwith ,nnother
toupls approached tho altar candidates for tho
matrimonial degree. .:.., ','1E".
An arrangement has been made with tho Eng
dish and Fronch railroads, with tho Imperial COM
mission, which controls the exhibition, aud With
persons WHO supply food and lodging, by which
two hundred English workingnen per week may
go to Paris, 1.-Two in pleasant hall, spend o wook
in sightseeing, and como back again, for seven
dollars and half in gold.
Tho Pittsburg Commercial says tho principal
grain centres arc manifesting, just now, certain
significant fluctuations in prices sort of tromb-
Ling sensation. Hike TINT which preocdos tho fnnl
plunge Of tho sinking ship. The grand prospect
ahead for the wheat crop-now within two months
or the markot-has brought out some thousands
OF bushels Of old wheat, and tho market from this
time forward is bound TO decline.
Rev. JonN ". 'BEoKw11H, Rector OF Trinity
Ohnrch, has declined tho 500 OF Georgia, to which
ho had boon elected. His reasons for declining so
high an ofico IN tho Church in that his work in
this. Diocese had hut begun. Ho remains in ac-
cordarce With tho wishes OF tho largest copgrega-
toh in the lefty. Whom the announcement was
made frotn tho pulpit that llo wouldnot loavc his
flock, it was received with profound nnd dcop
feeling. H,tNt .2' Ha ,nIIH., n
Tho following marriage extraordinary We clip
from the Fernandiaa tFls.) Courier Married.
On Thursday,' the 2lst ult.,, by the Rov. MIR.
TnAcKERy July Soaton, tcolorcd) 80 years OF age,
to Rosa Lang nll of Old Town. "Old july lis
vol known to most Of our city readers, having re-
sided in this vicinity for sixty years. Ho recol-
locts tho landing OF Con. GnEaoR bIcGnEoon in
1917, whom this. vas Spanish, Territory. MoGREa-
on and his forces wero Corthagenans, and claimed
10 BIO acting nnddt the authority OF the Mexican
Republic. .,,...' l. .,,..-il IL.
Tho Telegraph, Of Gratz, states that few days
ago some person ontcrcd tho residence Of Marshal
BENEDEK and carried Off tho insignia Of all tho
orders OF clivary that had beon conferred on TINT
warrior. Tho theft was tho moro remarkable as
&'ohS "a tho othri oiJCSto Vi Nnluo ~ tnc nOute
were taken. The Arohdukc, hearing OF this mis-
fortune OF his old con,rade in arms, at once scnt
NIL his own "ordors,p and put them at Con. BENE-
DEKs dispoHal, unwilling, hc dolicatcly cIpfoss
ed It, that the old Marshal should DO for single
instant eysn without Tho numerous tokens Of his
countrye. gratitude. s'ltry:. ~ ~ n.zi5
"A meeting OF ptacH:growers was held st
Dover, Delaware, 29d instant, to arrange for tho
transportation Of fruit to market his season, by
the different railroad limos. It Ii gratifying to
know that tho opinion Expressed by gentlemen
from all parts OF tho State, as we'll as from, the
Eastern Shore OF .dnryland, WAS, that tho crop
would be an abundant one, failures being confined
to some few loo ilties. Tho numt or Of baskets TO
be shipped by, railroad was varousy estimated
from million 10 q million and a half About New
York trees arc covered with young fruit that have
borne little or nothing for several years. Good ac-
counts also como from tho West aG
The Washington correspondent OF the Baltimore
Sun, writing on tho 2sth says that an energetic
effort is mado by tho im2caehment party, and Mr..
SuMNFn and othors, to bring sufficient number |
OF members Of Congress hero In July to form |
quorum Of both houses. Mr.. SUmNIH SAWS ho only
rcmiins hero himself to help mako up that auo-,
rum, and. II possible, pass law to giyo suntaRo
to the negroes in tho Northern States and in tho
Territorcs. Thirty-tbree letters 10 mombors vero
sent oil yesterday by tho impeachment party, urg-
ing them 10 como ,on, and o largo number have |
been written too by Mr. SIJHHrR ,yl,n rroos tho,,,