The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-04
The 1ailg ge%s.
NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed in New York yesterday at 1873;
notton al o6A26l

NEWS SUMMARY.
Gold closed in New York yesterday at 1881;
cotton at 26@263.
Cotton closed in Liverpool at 103@105.
Canada is to celebrate the 1st of July as its
s.Iudependenee Day"
SARAH NJ. STERLING, the American gian-
tess, was married in San Francisco to THos.
FLurorr, youth of San Rafsl. She is seven
feet high, and he is four feet eleven inches.
Thirty elm trees, twenty years old, have been
successfully transplanted from the forest to the
front Of Congress Hail.. Saratoga, at cost Of
thirty.fve dollars each, to take the place Of
the noble ones destroyed by the fire.
A party Of Pittsburghers, representing
capital of S., ,O0O, 600, have commenced buying
crude petroleum, for delivery at any time dur
ing 1858, at their option. It is presumed they
are setting the traps for big 'tcorner" in that
odorous fluid.
A letter from Peru, received in France, an
nounces that on the llth Of May the Congress
passed bill declaring that the trade in guano
should be free, and that the article should be
sold by public auction instead Of by contrast
with certain houses
A steam carriage gun, fred recently at New
York before board of army and navy engi-
neers and ordnance officers, fred twelve rounds
with solid 45O pounds shot, and forty-pound
charges of powder within sixteen minutes, q
result which had never before been attained
with D cannon of that description.
The English language is hereafter to be
studisd in the public schools Of Japan, and
American works are to be the text books. The
Japanese commissioners in this country have
ordered some twenty thoussnd copies Of various
American school. books, and the first shipment
was made from New York on Wednesday, by
way Of the Isthmus and San Francisco.
The enormous prices occasionally realized in
England at the sale ofrare books were recently
cast in the shade at an auction Of drawings,
etchings and engrsyings, where the finest
known COPY. Of HUMANS "Hundred Guilder
Piece,p sChrist Healing the Sick" one Of the
only eight Impressions known to exist Of this
picture in the first state Of the plate, brought
the absurd sum of eleven hundred and eighty
pounds. It cost its previous owner two hum
dred pounds, and the person who sold it to him
n that price was present at the auction.
The female sex, after much agitation, have
gained . point in Holland. The Minister Of
the Interior has issued decree admitting
them to examination for the position Of assis-
tant apothecaries, an occupation hitherto re-
strictea exclusively TO men. This measure viii
enable the Holland doctors to have their pre-
scriptions made up by their wives or daughters
and win thus relieve them from Tie charges OF
q male assistant. The decree has been re-
ceiyed with good deal Of astonishment by the
male persuasion at the Hague, who look upon
this as the beginning Of asystematio invasion
Of masculine privileges. z
The French Emperor gives the manager Of
the theatre at Camp Chalons subsidy from his
priyy purse, in order that the theatre may be
free for thsxAaleIErmy, nom M Marsha, ,ts
.Ls private soldier There is . perforpsnce
every day except Sunday: Each division Of
the army visits the theatrein turn: ane inca
trs holds 2iOO places; l4OO asssreserved for
the soldiers, 400 for the commissioned OIL
cers, zoo for ahe ofhes"' ana iVo iol .ne nela
of6cers. Vauderihes' comedies ana opefe"ee
afe played; q seats are reserved for civilians
who pay The season is three months. A
,vhose hand n detailed for service every day,
and there are Desides 'welve musicians 70 a'-
compsny the 'sudsviiles' ;,
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