The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-05-23

SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
\ n. ELLIOTT TTiSWANNAMAKER,
Items.
The newest figure in the German is called
the Engagement"
There are are seventy miles of street railway in
New Orleans.
f.s At Berlin, lately, it is reported that a wo-
man aseyenty-two years Of age gave birth to
child.
"a physician Of Breslau announces to the
f,F denny Of Sciences inParis thath has sue
ceeded in illuminating the, cavities Of the liy.
ing human body by means of electricity SO as
.s TO render shcir interior visible to the physi
clan. ~ SaS i$4 tSt.Sss
. " is proposed by the British Medical j our
nal that nitrous oxide for surgical operations
shall be liquifed by pressure aud enclosed in
very strong bottles, SO as to be always at hand
and in convenient form for use. iss.ss q
The @ rand Jury in Baltimore has presented
the lottery system which has aourshed in that
city as pernieious, q frenzy ard p.the lowest
ation of gambling, and calls for its, sup
preston q & It's effect, ;as shown by investiga-
tion, make q fearful record & q
They are abont to try ia curious case in
Paris would hnssuiside who hid not suffi-
cient courage to the fatal act, hired q
friend to blow out his brains for twenty francs.
ayIt il tobs tested whether this was murder Of 81
nos.t siseissib pzssg,a, Isl vac "a. A
IL is stated thae,t in consequence of our high
81 tar, Brazilians. anxious to buy American mn,
ftcblnerys haye found it profitable to send an
81 AmoFicansam to France or England, to get
machines made; there, after these American
models, cheaper than wo can make them
@f7S 81 - a7,F-is3 q 6,is ~ ia .eniI'i .l.sW -
An extensive. emigration is now. taking place
~ from Australia to California, and it is asserted
that # free conveyance were offered by the au-
thorities of tho latter State, nearly the Whole
of the working population Of Australia would
s oingrate, owing to the depression of business
osn there. 7sst' atzil:oasa 6aa .tlra.s sn a..
sss.nsaA sailing, ship, the Mercury, which left
New York on April 9th, arrived at Hayrc on
the 22d, making the voyage in little over
twelve daysAalmost the average speed of the
= steamers. This is said to be one Of the shor
!" est trans-Atlantio passages of sailing packet
on record tspfsfaa oe'3 Alf
I, The British posstfice, IS not only self.
supporting establishment, bnt yields a large
surplus of revenue for the benefit Of the
British exchequer. In 1857 the revenue of
'a' the post-office s22645, and the expenditures
i'sa S12,105,02O, showing net revenue of SO,
pa'a 635,62b, for the year In 1866 the net
revenue was $10674 1856, and in 1866, slO,-
s,eia974927o. -,. III.
.f'A2a, The tour of the world can bo made in two
4,'a months and half. When the Pacific railroad
2 is finished, from New York to San Francisco
-" will take seven days; from San Francisco to
s'' Hong Kong, by way of Yokohamr twenty
days; from Hong Kong, by steamer, to Suez,
Il, thirty-two days; from Suez to Paris, six days
ia from Paris to New York ten DAYS; in nil
tt lseyenty-fve days. N
MIR. Fairbairn states that the relative cost
Of iron and steel for railway and other pur-
poses, is as four to three, irrespective of the
VH. difference of durability, allowing the steel to
be worth nearly twice as much as iron. or as
twelve to seven. The resistance of steel to
4si transverse strain is given at from three to
eight tons per square inch,- the the tenacity
varying from twehty-six to sixty tons per
sis square inch. gg 4 t
!; III Another telegraphic cable will soon be laid
ia between N, Havana and Key West. This has
been rendered necessary by the increased
number of messages which may be expected
when the cable, 10 laid between Havana and
,i Aspinwall, The United States steamer Gettys-
burg is now engaged in taking soundngs on
the route through the Gulf of Mexico, and the
,s6. communication with Panama and the west
coast of South America will speedily be
lli4 III tisl u 4a asShati gsy5' 3 siae ,sis
he erimc Of child-nairder sion the Increase
to such a shocking lin Liverpool that