The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-01
NEWS s.U M M A r x
Gold closed in New York on Saturday at

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his health is much improved.
The Leipsic Fair, the largest in Germany,
has been unusually successful this year, al
though American buyers were few.
The grasshoppers have entirely DESTROYED
=: the wheat in the Texas counties Of Bell, VIII
hanson, Cornell and McL cLennen.
ss--l proposition to introduce a resolution IA
ioriii :ioriii & the payment Of national bonds in gold
vas voted down in committee at Chicago.
The New York Seventh regiment paraded
snT Thursday for the first time in holiday attire
since 1851. :. -
"A submarine diver is soon to attempt to
remain under water In New York from sunrise
until sunset on aMager OF FIVE hundred dollars.
GMedsla OF honor are to be conferred by the
:. Pope npon Jewish yas-weIl astCathoic physic-
inns who distinguished themselves during the
cholera epidemic last yoar.l
San; Franciscois no largely built on made
hnd that the timbers OF old wharves were re-
sseuflye1humed half mile from the present
v1ter front.
-Theyoteof thanks to General sir Robert
Napder, proposed in the English Parliamentby
Iiaizali, has been deferred until the arrival
sssf further dispatches from Abyssinia.
French liberals believe that the opposition
Mn elect q majority OF the Corps Legislatiff at
disappearing elections, butthey do not give
mn credit to the.power OF Napoleonin in electoral
management.
The Presby terian General Assembly o
Baltimore adjourned ON Wednesday evening
someet in The GoSernment-street Presbyterian
Church in Mobile, Alabama, on the third
Thursday Of May, 1859.
"A genius in Detroit is said to be preparing
{ 10 .'shoot Nisgara" IN an india-rubbar boat,
which heis enesged in constructing. 1t is to
he sir-tight, and provided with o seat to which
he Is to be lied. He ought to make his win
before ha ssahoots," /" II he has anything to leave
affee him.
Memphis really does not know what is to
become Of her. The combinations making
smong the railroads threatSzhto deprive her Of
\ aIlsc,mmercial Importance. All parties see
IBIS, and consequently large number Of
buildings for business purposes are advertised
ID be let for the payment of taxes and insu-
1lnce, With no takers.
Sufficient capital hiss been raised to con
s stuct the telegraph lice from England to In
die, BY way Of Nordeney, Berlin, Odessa, the
Grimea, Armenia, Teheran, Bushire, and Kur-
Iachee. The only difficulty viii be that for
much the greater portion Of ths distance it will
mas through the territory. OF powers who may
at any time become hostile to England or quar-
nal among themselves,
es.-Th French Government, in order to pro-
mote the commercial interests OF France
sbsoad, have instructed their counsuls, in the
! pffnc;pai cities of this and other countries, to
receive trade circulars, lists otprices, and even
eamples, from French manufacturer desirous
toraketlieir goods known in the foreign mar
kets. Such circulars and samples will be
shoHn to the public on application at the
French consulates.
-George Peabody, Esq, was presented by
I6fd Stanley, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at
: drawing room, held by Queen Victoria, at
Buckingham Palace, on: May 18th. The Ameri-
can Embassy was not present, but MIR. Pea
BODY was presented in the diplomatic circle
ass distinguished American Citizen" Al
Aough the greater partof Mr.. Peabodys life
fas been spent in England, 1t will be seen from
this incident that he still considers himself q
citizen CT the United States.
&,-The German expedition to the North Pole,
fitted out at cost of SIC, 500, vas to leave Be--
gen, Norway, on May 18th. The vessel which
n. Coveldog, the leader, purchased at HAM
burg. is one Of those new Danish yachts spe-
cially constructed for Polar voyages. 1t is
furnished Hith beams and iron plates in way
TO augment it's powers of resistance. The
name is the Germanis, and the flag OF the
Northern Confederation viii be displayed. 1t
measures eighty tons, and will have crew Of
tusiYe or fourteen men. e'4
Dispatches received at Washington from
The Atlantic squadron inform the Department
that Commodore Go!dsborough has prevailed
upon the Chinese Viceroy ruling the seacoast
near Canton to Issue proclamation forbidding
an fishing junks from carrying an extra num-
her OF men and arms or munitions Of war Of
xuy description. Should this order become
general throughout China, the depredations
ppon 5unalmed merchant vessels Will be stop
ned. The small gunbosts Of different civilized
nations which have been actively cruising on
the coast, have prevented the commission OF
any act o. piracy this year.
= Greeley, Of course, has farewell snort at
The acquittai OF the President. He calls it
: atainted vertictS and s.obbers through o
aaudfin article grieving at the alleged bribery
and otber later developments. He gives
sharp rap st .sFagin" Weed and at Mr. Seward
: ior his whiakey friends, and says: "We believe
tha. money was used to procure this acquittal
that money did procure it; that President
'Iohnson's release was purchased BY men who
have been permitted to rob the government.
As to who received the money we carnot say.
We know the nssn who voted for acquittal-
ihers our knowledge ends. Some Of those
senator's we believe to be above the tempta-
ton Of money. We wish We could cay as much
Of othe-r. They must, however, make their
own defence and atonement. We tun from