The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-31
NEWS 8 U M M a r z.

NEWS 8 U M M A R Y.
fold closed in New York on yesterday aS
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Cotton closed in New York yesterday }asc.
better; sales 5000 bales at 1sc.
AT Liverpool yesterday Cotton closed firm
ar: sales 1s, 900 bales; Uplsnds It'd.
The Morning Star, the Catholic daily paper
70 to be published in New Orleans, will make
its first appearance in few days.
Mrs. Henry Lesion, Of Yorkville, fell out OF
bed on Sunday night, and being quite large
woman fractured her skull on the washboard,
which produce instant death.
Theodore, of Abyssinia, has published his
eenealogy, which is very direct for two genera
tions from David, after which it becomes ter
There are sixteen thousand articles sub
iact TO taxation, when there need not be an
hundred to yield all the revenue we want, re-
liava our manufactures OF their internal tax,
and the country Of an army Of collectors and
assessors.
An irreyerent and anti-ritualistic Londoner
wss recently fined fifty dollars for interruptlng
a clergyman with ga sort of noise Like turkey
cock y which the reverend gentleman himself
Illustrated in court for the benefit OF the Judge
and the amusement of spectators.
Attention ia being called to the use OF car
bonic acid as q disinfectant. The Gardeners
Chronicle gives details Of it's use at the Lodge
Farm in England during the late prevalence OF
the cattle plague, whore over one hundred
oova were saved under circumstances which
ruust otherwise haveproved more or less fatal.
The treatment consisted in administering the
diluted acid internally by the spoonful, and
daahing it about externally by tho bucketful.
The idea of erecting statue to VotaIe,
started by the Steele, has proved success
The list Of subscribers alresdy amount to IOz,-
500. The majority Of the committee voted ior
a renroduction OF Houdons chgt c'euore on q
larger scale than the original statue. Inc
subcommittee have undertaken to direct the
execution of the work, and to demand from
government suitable site where it may be
erected.
-i)n the 9Th instant the hills Of Surrey, Hants
and Sussex, England, we're covered with deep
snow. and the whole country around presented
most winterly aspect. The greatest dlmouity
prevailed in getting outlying cattle up from
the grazing lands to the straw yards, and many
farm homesteads are completely showed In.
In the low and hollow lands the snow drifted
10 a considerable depth, and the hedges and
fences were buried.
The New York correspondent OF the Phila-
delphia Ledger says that in the course OF a
week or two, it is Understood, there vii be q
,a4hax;ues OF laadipg QepnoGssts u NaK-Yerls,
s6lralOn with reference 70 the fresioeu''ai
campaign. It is to be friendly, social meet
ine. with view especially to elicit the opinion
of representative men from different sections as
to the availability Of certain persons whose
names are beginning to be mentioned as candi-
dates for President and vics-President.
"A fortnight ago flying sheets were found
in the streets Of the Russian capital, summon
ing the people to assemble in front OF the
winter palace and ask the Gear for sundry con-
cessions of q democratic nature. Instantly the
rumor arose that Austria was at the bottom OF
the intrigue. On the other hand the Austrian
diolomatists openly complain that pamphlets
bidding the Russian peasantry rise against
their Polish masters are being smuggled over
the Galician frontier from the kingdom OF
Poland.
The latest Mexican news is to the 22d in
slant. Romero had been appointed Minister
of the Treasury. A revolt had taken place in
Sonora. Congress is to close its session on the
7th of March. Marquee, who escaped from
Mexico city at the time Of its surrender to
Dias, is in Havana under an assumed name.
The reports Of cholera in st. Thomas are Off
oiaIly oontradicted. Afatal disease has attack
cd the sheep in Porto Rico, Earthquake
shocks continue to visit that island. There
have been four hundred and forty since Novem-
bsr.
The Turkish Government, it is stated, con-
templates an extensive reform Of the present
system throughout the empire. The work will
be commenced in the prisons Of the capital,
which certainly afford room for improvement
In every particular. The Minister Of Police,
Ismail Pashs, has lately given his attention to
the 81 stem Of separate confinement adopted in
tQ6 mASab pllSOu az 81 &o1ioS oAAA "A'o sAAss 49,
force in the Clerkenwell House Of Correction
in London. Henceforth, in accordance with
the proposed new arrangement, the prisoners
will be classified in four categories. The two
systems, We believe, will be tried in q new jail
to be erected near the Seven Towers.
"A new system Of paving foot-paths has
been tried in Paris on the Boulevard de Ia
Chapslle, where iron frames, measuring three
feet square, have been laid, into which by
means Of holes bored in the frame, are encased
blocks Of poplar, forming capital pavement,
the wood Of the poplar having been selected
instead Of oak. The latter, from it's non-ab-
sorbing qualities, Vas found Objectionable.
The system presents pleasing effect to the
eye and appears to succeed. On each side Of
the foot-paths are small conduits, by which
rain water Ii at once drained off into the side
sewer.
The troops sent to the western provinces
OF the Russian empire within the last twelve
months are set down here as above 225,00O.
Vast as this number is, their being dispersed
over an enormous tract OF country diminishes
the military and political Importance which
would otherwise attach to the movement. The
echeson begins at wilma, extending as far south
al volhyna and the Ukrssine. The various