The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-08
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At Liverpool cotton closed unchanged;
sales 12,O 600 bales, uplands I'D
"A Nashville mechanic is said to have in
vented shooting machine, which he calls the
ssPolyfer," which will destroy regiment OF
soldiers, distant mile and half, in four min
utes.
The English Government is believed to
have sent an agent to Bogota to watch Mr..
Cushing, and Sc, that the United States does
not get too much advantage in the Darien Ship
Canal business.
The N.w York Post advises General Grant
TO give notice that neither he nor his family
will receive presents, as those testimonials OF
esteem aud admiration have probably, without
exception, some ultcrior motive.
MIR. Voorhees,, member elect from Indiana
to the next Congress, has arrived in Washing
ton. Ills election is not contested, as is gen.
erally supposed. His opponent talked OF con-
testing, but did rot give legal notice Of such
purpose.
The Hunearians residents in the United
States are asking the government to establish
a Consulate at Pesth, for the purpose of p!ac-
ing within the reach OF their countrymer in
formation which would facilitate emigration to
America.
Boston papers hint mysterlously at an
ssevent" which is to take place in that city in
few weeks, and which is 10 be the grandesL re-
union of instrumental performers and the
largest chorus ever known in the musical an
nails of this or any other country.
The Vcksburg (Miss.) Times says: "We
understand that the distinguished soldier and
statesman is honoring our county with his pre-
senee. In years gone by General Hampton
was a frequent visitor to his possessions IN
Issaquena and Washington, annually taking
his hvorite sport OF bear-huuting in these
grand old swamps.
in Erie, Pennsylvania, some branches OF
manufactures, such as soap-making, are car
ried on by the burning gas from wells, the
constant stream OF fame being made available
for heating the kettles. These streams OF gas
can be quickly lighted, cause no trouble, there
being neither dirt nor cinders, and at the same
time are safe, as every particle Of fire can be
shut off in an instant.
Tho New York Sun fIyors the opening OF
the public libraries on Sunday, also lectures, &c.
The Sun says: "It 10 easy enough to say that
people ought to go to church, teach in Sunday
school, and read good books, but they will not
do this, and the next best thing is to give
them at least something that they will do, to
keep them out OF mischief" The desideratum
then, according to the Sun, is to be found in
pleasant and comfortable reading rooms,
where they could find books, magazines and
Newspapers in abundance.
Gus Holmes, mulatto, was hanged IN
Tarboro,, N. c., on New Years Day for the
murder of Matthew King, q negro, in May,
1867. He confessed the crime before he
died. While on the scafold the negro popu-
latiop, which was out in force, scaled the fence
built around it, in accordance with the law di-
recting that executions should be conducted
privately, and sung hymus and prayed with
the condemned until he had to request them
TO cease. He was unable to stand when tho
knot was adjusted, and the sheriff and negro
held him up until the drop fell.
The Constitution OF Iowa requires that in
the State University women shall be admitted
TO all the classes and in all the departments on
the same terms as the men. The institution
is not fully organized In the academical de
partment, women form thirty-.wo per cent. of
the freshman class, seventeen per cent. of the
sophomore and seven per cent. Of the junior
class. There are no females in the senior class
nor in the law department. which was organ
zsd last September. The medical department
will not go into operation until September,
1859.
-Whiskey, it is asserted, is manufactured
in New York city according to tho following
recipe: Common whiskey forty gallons, water
forty gallons, tircture Guinea pepper three gal
Ions, tin ,ture of pellitory one quart, acetic
ether two ounces, and strong tea one and a
half gallons. The alcohol in this mixture is so
much reduced in strength that the drugs must
be added to restore the taste, which burns the
palate like fire. The dealer thGs makes eighty
five gallons Of imitation whiskey out Of forty
gallons Of common stuff. This recipe should
warn all persons against the use of such poi
sonous beverages.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Commercial writes: Senator Sprague re-
turns to his seat in the "Senate, reelected for
six years by the Rhode Island Legislature. 1t
is said the senator proposes to take q more
active part than formely in the debates aud
public matters generally. He is turning his
attention especially to the rehabilitation OF
the South, and towards such means as are
available in aiding the development Of manu-
factures and the restoration of commercial
prosperity. Report says that his recent pur-
chase of nine thousand acres OF choice land at
ten dollars per acre on Cumberland Island, op-
posite Fernandina, Florida, is but the first of
the investments of similar character tlat
Governor Sprague intends to make in the
South"
Congressional proceedings opened on Tues
day with a senatorial attack upon the constitu-
tional prerogative Of the Executive, which led
to an animated debate. Mr. Ferry, OF Connec-
ticl5, submitted resolution calling on Presi-
dent johnson for o copy Of his late amnesty
proclamation, and the authority under which
it was issued. Although it was ostensibly o
simple call for informat'"1, in reality it was
notice OF a combined assault by the Radical
wing of the Senate upon his constitutional
power to grant pardons and reprieHes. The
resolution was finally adopted, and much in