The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-19
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AIsdy at Newport displays ring "cut out
Of one solid diamond. a7.roj
-.ain some parts Of Texas corn is. 80 sbur-
.dsnt tnat ,farmars canoot get rid Of it st twen-
fy-flve cents bushel. 3'.y -. ~ ~ ~
This worst OF the unhealthy season has
pssssdm,Oubs, audathe sickness among the
unacchmated u decreasing. slis ,a1a-c -
-APannsylya Who haskept q record re-
potssskentys dsa: :hs IN that state last week e
from Kerosene OIL axpaosions. u: as - s,l:a5.
IL is estimated that over 200 600 bushels
OF lastyer's Beat crop still remains in the
hand growers in one county IN Iowa. .a;
Secretary Seward is gazing sesanely on
the n, 400, 900 worth Of icebergs and noun
tsips he bought for hia eiorious coantzys = :
The ships ba9a " and Ssndasky, the for
.mer. from Liverpool for New York, the latter
frox Ne8 Yoek 13os. Liverpool, coltded at sea 9
NvdsS4 age snd hsdIy damaged Etaea other.
Tho great drought at Rhiadslphn having
nexs4y dried no me eehuY'hl. the iah,b,tants, "
sSeen d sGts; tnd exss dent to econemlzs the
use Of water, ss 70 that stream chiefly l they
look for theu ;suppliesY -. SJo5
Tho roscope has developed thatA
the sun Ia large, eollsotion Of. thsi rainsrals
known ON the earth. including the precious
mesis. AN inventive fapkes isr meditating
upoa process 70 oxtfacf gold. from. the sun-
beams. Ss'- s'.-'a Z : ,l..a.. ;, .
- Two hundred Brooklyn bankers and bro
skers, doing busipess N New York, have signed
q prosest aaaiost4ths New York Circuit Courts
jurisdiction over them in the matter OF the
dispu,ed internal revenue tax on the capital
nsed IN banking. sisiasks Sc
Ds1 Collins. charged with killing DR..
HauSaey, the moderate Radical candidate for
(. Congress In q Nesth Alabama. district. just be.
fore the election, Wis arrested in MONTGOMERY
on IsdaSs Report ssys that he oontssses to
The shooting. hu. the Radical papers insist
shstdt vas not Collins, but the Kn-Ku that
&ilied-Haunhas o lcnnina IN an -nitra Radias1 =
IN sfs~.z Yo-k-hAvo been and are
stin making attempts to swindle the pualic by
seudiog out private circulars proposing, for
small oons,dsratiou.t 70 rsmit to any address
arge amount in counterfeit greenbscks. The
xoyernment detectives have investigated the
business, but 60 far ie;hss been 30 conducted
= so,fio. no oppoEtsH.PPiy Unit !0r lsssl proseeu-
Hon. !. -z5i<sr, 7 y.T 4 - ,f.i..4f4 iif9
-Rsy.1 Father Mcdonald. OF Key Wess. was
attsskedm witt yellow fever while Officiating at
the;2fa on the 1sth u,t., and diel in sixty
hours. he was young man aged tuenty-six.
and isttnggished for his pietv and mental en-.
dowments. His death LETT Key West tempo.
sariiy without priest, and the funeral SER
.vices were held. By a lsymap and the sisters Of
che convent
-Bsnafor Sprague Is at home devoting him.
enthusiastically TO the development Of his
great manufactures in five diff rent villages,
besides his ion works in Providence. His
permanent residence IS in crapston. where hls
extensive print works are located. Mrs.
Sprsgue resides at the sena;or's magnificent
sesshore home at Narrasansett. ,whica he
zisits two or three times week.
"A, complete revolution in weaving is
propbesied nom the Introduction Of q method
by which the wool Is carried through the chain
In acurve instead of at right angle. A va
Siety in the pattern. both IN shade aud mark
ipgs, ran be attained in this way, If winch the
old process was wholly incapable. This new
process Is adapted 10 fabrics Of any kind. AID
can be used both for weaving by hand and with
power looma. -.s; ,5....,-.4,
"A New York letter. OF Monday, saws: "To.
day the Offices Of the French ALanuc Cable
Company in Nassau.street were open Tor bnsl-
ness, and the first c"ngrasulatory business
dispatches sent to Brest and PARIS by Mr.. Wat
son, the agent Of the line. II is believed thar
though he prices charged are the ga ne as
those OF lt:ie Anglo: American Telegraph Com
pany. % 30 In gold for ten Words including
address asd signsture, the foreign merchants
ofNew York doing business with the Continent
VIII seuc ali OF ther dispatches by the Freoch
line. owing TO the more liberal policy which ap
pears to guide tho doines OF this company.
Sill another reduction in rates is looked for
toward the end of the year, when teleg, aphing
to Europe wall be as ordinary On affair as tele-
graphing 20 New Orleans or Mobile.
An adro swiodle, ip which all the parties
concerned were cheated, has just come to light
In New York. some persons representa- 6
thence Ives as thieves, Gffe; led to sell d broker
$125,000 OF al eyed stolen bonds for 500, 900.
ions TO make their little 1fy per ceat. com
mission, agreed to buy. Tho detectives met
the bJnd-sellers at tavern in Hudson, N J.
The package OF bonds was exchanged fol
pack ge OF mouey. Then with valor the de
tectlvss arresied the thieves and opened the
pscksges. The 500 600 in money which the
honest officers OF the Law had given the thieves
we're lound to be all cnunterfeits. The $125.- |
600 10 bonds which the thieves had gwen the |
detectives we're found TO be three pounds of |
brown paper and single genuine $1oO Oond.
.All 6ands we're swlndled, the sharp" dstec.
tives ba,pe sold as badIy as the thev, 8.
"A scheme nas been started in New York for
furnisllag eue.p and prompt teIesrapuic facil-
ities 10 oil parts of tnaL city and BeooSiyn. A
oompany Ia in process OF organize ion for this
purpose. Il is designed to establish at first
oue bundled or more offices in Now York City,
below one hundred aud SIxtieth street. AMI to
,xtend the system as rapidly ss the business
requires it. The plan, is to use
rires. perfectly insulated but bound together
D cahles sud to enclose these in galleries un-
er the surface Of the streets. thus ensur- J.
,g hnes ct all times free from disturb
-, h1 --nher,an ~ kbo vo,,Ior Tho