The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

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person addicted to the habit will be admitted to
membership.
Dexter and the Goldsmith mare trotted at Mid
dleton, New rk, for purse of $1,000, mule heats,
best three in five. The race was won by Dexter in
three straight heats, the best time being 2:2.
A Young New York broker lately raised sensa-
ton in horse-car, by paying the fare Of all the
passengers on board. One young man said he
would take segar too.
Useful products Of the pine tree are now manu-
factured at Paris, as follows Vegetable wadding,
raw vegetable wool flannel, pine extract, spirits
and soap.
Two Japanese. OrroMN1oroRo and JANKEETN-
xEs recently visited Talacca Lodge, Sons of Malta,
at Camden. and were received by tho Lodge IN
procession, dressed in full regalia.
A British tourist Lord LooNE, is out with book
in which he. says he found 'tBoston detestable''
The people seemed to him "bitter with DISPOSE
tion akin to sayages.""
The United States court of claims awarded $27, /
496 70 JosEpH NocK for mail locks furnished the
government nearly forty years ago.. The claims
has been before Congress for many years.
There Was manufactured and sold in the town OF
Cambridg, Vts, last year, over three hundred tons
Of butter, which, at thirtyeght cents. the average
price paid. amounted to two hundred and twenty
eight thousand dollars.
The New Albany Commercial states that q Miss
CATHARNE HATroN, Of Caroline county, Virginia,
has lately made the startling discovery that she ID
the rightfnl heir OF property to the amount OF
about one million Of dollars in the upper part OF
New Albany
The .Lynchb,rg Vrqinian says: 'The Phila-
dalphis e1cursionists .on leaving here Saturday
morning placed in the hands Of Presidents OWEN
and BARBOUR two checks for FIVE hundred dollars
each, to be distributed ameng the peor. They will
be erstafully remembered for this benefcence."
A plan has aslsst been adopted which govern
nent agents think will do away with much Illicit
distiltng Of whiskey. Each distiller is required
to have patented meter attached to his still,
through which ell whiskey must pass. The meter
registers the number Of gallons passing through IT,
Alsdy applied at the Portland, Maine, Police
Office on Monday, in search of lost cat, for which
she o1sred 5000 reward. She brought the animal
from England, and thought great deal OF it..
The cat had on when lost a gold necklace worth
about $40, which may account for it's disappear
ance. ...s..y-,..,,.r. n a,r;t;: 5-f41gb
Awriter in BaackoooGs Magazine, in discussing
afAils i'd the United States displays his knowledge
OF the history OF this country in the following no
markable passage: "1Gen JACKSON owed his eleya-
ton 10 having fought the British at New Orleans,
and having; bnsht with distinction in the war
against Mexico ol,.'.,s.sss.,,-.. r.. g.. s..sy- ~.
Several gentlemen in. New York have organized
themselves into company for the purpose Of de-
yeloping some springs OF seltzer water, recently
discovered % ssrstogs. An analysis Of this water
has showurit tosbesuPerior to the German in med
ieal properties, and has in addition sPleasanter
and more pungent taste.
The NeF 9rleansr eresceM oithe 10th says Pro-
baby theclSssassst fm lever made upon bank in
ths Umtsd States, was made during the last two
dsys upon the bank. OF which Mr.. G. W. COCHRAN
is presid4ht Of sS75, 900 upon deposit, 100000
we're drawn out up to noon " sterdsy, when conf
deia,ce was again restored, and before O'Clock,
S119 9OOnhxd again bssn placed upon deposit ~ - -
The New Orleans Gtscert in q recent leader die
cusses the relations present and prospective OF the
West Indies TO- the United States, and predicts
that enc long, Cuba viii be ours; that when this
country 1e1t SliaH ofsf one hundred millions Of
dollars sor the gem Of the Antilles, Her Catholic
Majesty win pocket the money and part with her
jewel. ;,fs. - ~.
a San Francisco German Almanac for 1867,
speaking Of the prevailing extravagance in that
city, says: Many persons refuse to take any
change less than q dime. Halfdimes, which are
the smallest coin in use. are less priced here, even
BY the posrest, than cents are in New York. The
draymsn carries gold watch, the washerwoman
dresses Id silk, ,fhs chambermaid is unhappy
her bonnet Is mot Of the latest Partisan fashion"
The Buffalo Advertiser has seen stove just in
vented in that city. It is heated with crude oil,
and can be kept in operation al" day at cost OF
about ten CENTS, bakes four loaves Of bread in
forty-sive mi les; broils steak in five or seven
minutes, heat, Aat;irons ftater than woman !: can
use them; hskas roasts meat, &o., de-,
and all taass without heating. the apartment, or
urodnGnEa tie lie least peroeptble smell Of the oil.
TwenSY Ytthieey years ago Secretary SEWARD visit
ed Carthage, Jefferson county, and called at the
house OF ANDREW WAIsH; whose wife had just
given birth to three daughters, The Secretary
complied to request to name the trio. Two OF
these daughters survive, and last Christmas they
wrote the Secretary o pleasant letter, reminding
kindly, and q few days ago sent each Of them
Bible and two fifty dollar $40 United States bonds.
Charging excessive fees is complaint made
against members Of thelegal profession in al parts
Of the world, Recently, a Liverpool lawyer was
sned for charging excessively, and was proved
tbat forcolfectng bill OF 441 1os., he had charged
esr10s. fees. The Recorder, in charging thejury,
stated th4t ;gtaateEj pests t9 society than Mr.
p.Rxn Ithe lawyer) and his clerk could not exist,
and the sooner their conduct was brought before
theIAwSociety the better" 3: =
Ex-Governor FoorE, OF Mississippi, has publish
ed in the st. Louis Democrat the first OF series
OF articlea ON universal suffrage. In this article,
which is very long, he alludes to the question OF
wonans suffrage as grave and interesting mat
tar and contends that the influence Of the gentler
and purer sex is wanting to keep our country e1-
empt from the horrors Of foreign or domestic war,
and from various other evils Of an alarming char
acter. -, s - :, =.
The Tallahassee Sentinel says perfect horse
exodus-apd very ;precipitate one withal-was
made from Tallahassee on Friday evening last.
Four Of these 'noble animals" left the city on that
evening. Not a.ot their own free will, " though it
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edly. a man, OF men, probably went with them.
II would be fortunate If well organized ''yigi-
lance COMMITTEES" could follow up these frequent
horse thefts and pursue the criminals to swift and
certain punishment.
OF Mr.. dnEzIsY's visit to Richmond to become
oae of the bail for JE1E. DAVIS, newspaper Of
that city says that it is the first visit he has paid
to that city for thirty-one years. In 1926 he pass
ad through Richmond, on his way to Warren, N.
n for the purpose Of being united in matrimony
to lady; . aohoolmstress, born in the North, but
Them engaged in teaching in that place. He was
msrried -by.a Richmond clergyman, and on Sun
dsy last; Mrs GREELEY heard this clergyman
1ra.ch in. Richmond, and renewed an acquaint
apce begun go many years ago.
The Richmond Dispatch, Of the 2oth, mentions
the following curious circumstance: ''During the
late hollywood Bazaar valuable article was offer
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