The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-16
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AT Liverpool tne article continued 10 oe
cline; uplands 9Ea1Od, Orleans 1Ota1o4d.
Letters from Florida say that number o
farmers are preparing to plant tobacco crop
next gear, instead of cotton.
One cattle rancho IN Texas is fifty miles ii
extent-the number Of head is 100, 900, ant
10000 are sent to market every year -enougl
to supply.the New York market six weeks.
Chicago mas been indulging in anothe
census, and7solemnly declares it's population tt
number A0,04k-sn increase in two years O
about S0,0O -; 9: ~ -: r.oll :...a
The case OF Enoch Arden has been equaHet
in Holyoke, Massachus tits, William E. Marsh
OF that town, has been missing and nnheard o
since 1862. he suddenly appeared, withou
warning, last week, TO find that his brother
William, having been divorced from his former
wife, had married Williams supposed widow 8
year or more ago. & 4 ! 40 i ! ) -.
There are six hundred immense trees in the
Mariposa. region OF California, OF which The
largest is one hundred and two feet in circum'
ference. The average height Of these trees is
about two hundred and fifty feet, and many OF
them approaching tbut only three or four e1
ceed) one hundred feet .. in. circumference.
Their age is cslcnlated TO be about g one e.. thou
sand years. 3r,.. n,cctyr -: oiTsN .aotcc( (
The Chinese Embassy thought Bunker Hill
monument sal. big thing. On being told that
Fanny Rlsler put,on the top stone they were
anxions to learn how she got it up. =, Joe
Cose, Esq, member OF the Association, said
sbe whirled It up, on q piTouette. !. Ting, Fun
and oolong looked unutterable surprise, and
upon getting to quiet corner simultaneously
put their thumbs to their respective noses in q
significant manner.
The New York Financial Chronicle, Of Sat-
urday, ssys: "Trade generally shows an i'm
proving tendency, though remarkably devoid
OF speculative, spirit, and prices in many par
ticuIars showing q declining tendency. Hold
ers having been looking forward to the present
period as one afording an opportunity to re-
duce stocks, they have been able to effect lib
eral sales, and where. in order to sti mulate bu-
-siness, they have 3onnd it, necessary to drop
prices a little, they have not hesitated to do
3d." sSs .1.,.4 10. - ~ 80 sro.. In
"A new coupling Of railroad cars has been
invented. which dspenses entirely with the
ascessity. of hand between the cars. to fasten
il. The.mere pressure of the cars together is
sufficient to fasten it securely Bnt the great
est advantage Of the new coupler is that. it
unfsstens itself il the engine or any car should
be turned or thrown of the track. a devla--
lion from the track OF fifteen degrees instant
" uncouples it and prevents the apossibili-
~ OF the whole train being thrown 81 at the
Same time. -. 100 -.
"A, destructive whirlwind. partaking of q
meteoric character, is stated to have occurred
in Italy on August 18th. It overturned houses,
Z and covered the road, at the place where ~
was. observed, to an extent Of one thousand N
,three hundred feet, with the trunks OF uproot-
ed trees. The cloud WAS in theform oaan I'M
sSmense cone Of a dark gray color, with lumi-
Mons Mons base. From, its upper part ISSUED
smoke similar to that Of ayloconotiye- Ihe
whole was about thirty-three feet In width,
and moved at about ten feet from the ground
making o, sharp noise. It reyolved in various
directions and advanced spirally. -. -
SEA letter-writer, who has had talk with U.
S. G. at his home in Illinois, writes :: COZ his
rejection. General Grant entertains no doubt.
I'VE .easheted from his conversation that his
opinions are as much the result Of his fine IN
tiiostushis keen insight into the workings OF
Tie spopular mind-as Of Wig. ae hears from
shis political friends. tofYes,' said he,i IF
thought I could serve the country IS well in
mypresent station as in the Presidential chair,
Ishould care nothing for an electionC To:give
:up the-place as general is a sacrifice. 1t suits
sme,I am grateful that it was given to me; it is
Ifor life; and I am sure nothing could be more
gffstii ting to ones sambition. But it seemed to
be,necessary for.meto run as the candidate OF
=ffbose fbose who put down the rebellion, and Sol am
in the field. I suppose that. no man can do
j ust what he wants to, and there stop. Being
a candidate, I want to win of course"
Among the -conside derable number OF scien-
tific foreigners attending the British associa-
ton for the advancement of science, is Pro-
lessor Zenger, Of Prague, who bas come over
purposely to exhibit o new ,autoWatical tele-
graphic apparatus, which is likelyto excite a
great desl.of attention.. The object of the in
strument is to secure correctness in the tele-
graph signs by mechanical means, the signs
&baing made quite independent, OF the hand OF
the telegraphist- No change in the msnage-
ment of the Morse apparatus is required be-
you'd the removal OF the key and the substitu-
ton, Of the automatical apparatus. There is
only Uniform movements Of three levers,
which will produce three distinct signs (and
can produce no others), whose relations to one,
two, three, will give thiIty-eight combinations,
q number greater than is required to telegraph
all letters, and replies. Thadispatches will be-
come one-third shorter than usual, and nearly
half. the time in transmission will be saved, as
the uniform and simultaneous movement OF
the levers will secure moro rapid manlpula-
ton.
The Macon Telegraph, Of the 18th, says :
ssThe extraordinary and rapid decline in the
price OF cotton is having most depressing ef-
feet upon business in this city. AS an in
stance, we mention the fact that prominent
dealer in groceries and Western produce stat
ed to us yesterday that he had Lost trade to
ithe amount of fully FIVE thousand dollars the
past week, owing to the fact that planters were
storing their cotton instead Of selling it as
readily as they expected to do when they got
here. The few bales thrown upon the market
thus far wts FOR the purpose OF realizing a lit
tie ready money on the part of planters, with
out having to pay heavy interest on the
amount required by borrowing and bonding