The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-05
:: T6W 8 81. II MAR z.

It is generally believed that Forney 10 at'ei
the latter. =; 1. a,1.ti 4. e -. -. :
-Archbishop Manning refuses to alter his
former decision relative to the placing. OF peti-
tions for mercy for the Renian prisohsrs at tina
different chapel. doors in London. ~ Il, II
4Witchcrait is having revival in Mexico,
where women are hanged. shot ind burned 70
death ON suspicion, or Aogged until they con.
fess. their own children taking part in the io-
Fiction Of the torture, .Ta
The Greenfield (Mass.l Gazette ssys: ''It
takes ten minutes to marry couple in this
county, but to separate five couples by divorce,
it took but fifteen, or three minutes couple,
fnsthe Supreme Court .lAst week!
-Tae Emperor Napoleon proposes that from
the 15sh OF August next, the centennial ami
yersary Of the birth Of Napoleon !, every sol
aier Of the Republic and Of the First Empire
shsir fecsive anannual pension Of two hundred
and asy francs. 4s-ta,to 81 i. asns4 >. ., .
The commander Of the British West India
suuad.on has been ordered by the homo gov
.ernm ,nb to demand from the authorities OF
Cuba the immediate release Of the sbsig
Mary Lowell, and an spplqgy for her. seiEqe,
The brig Was suspected Of being freighted
with srms for the use Of the Cuban Insurgents.
= Lone Of the female clerks, recently dismiss
ed fonn Treasury Department, CO He'd there
to ascertain If the demand OF Q Congressman
that she should be reinststeds would besuc-
cessful.. II must know at once," said. she;
ssfor I hxve received an oner or Inatz iusei
although don't fancy the man; II can't get
reinstated I must accept ny, i o..
"A French engineer, by name Cazai, has
made little electric engine for attachms mt to
. sewing machines The stpile," placed in
contenient corner, or concealed In loot stool,
supplies the motive power; touchins button
applies it, and. ct an expense OF about eighteen
!. or twenty cants nar day. the little engine saves
muoh sifort, strength. sapd really fshguins
labor. OF course. it may be applied to other
things. - v-t
Two locomotives passed Poughkeepsie, N.
Y,Friday night, en- route to California. They
Win b tho frst ones 70 go over the entire and
oompJets length OF the Union Pacific Railroad.
Hudson River Railroad engineers have placed
an, them letters, notes and tokens OF remen1-
brsn6o 10 their brothere engineers who len here
for tbs Union Pacific last winter. Eight more
locomotives wiIl-leAve Schenectady for Cali
fonis, over the same route, on the 10th OF
Nay. 81 ~ -. "a
The velocipede, Is . means Of locomotion,
It ID asserted, b practically worthless. At a
recent tr1al on the Union Course, aear New
York. . nile IN aix minutes was the highest
speed attained, and the rider could not keep
up- that rste ot speed even for . moderate
length Of tme.j az this trial .wssa made under
unui6si3y fsvor2bls . circumstances as to
SlooE GEiaass Il ttrsSk, II my be concluded that
SyS5ecipSde eR ordinaryorosds isan incum-
6ssnscs 6ssas rsthet than ! help 10 the rider. II
{ 1--we lssrn that an arrangement has, been
made BIZ the Western Uniop Telegraph Compa-
nv, By which the public will be informed OF the
pgsd,eeime It which the last rail shall be laid
tOumise the Central Pacific and the Union Pa
46E Xaihdads Ii one mbroken line from rom IN the
aaar6tio to the Pacific. Aa the spikes Of the
ksf rsil are driven, the telegraph operator, IN
futmsdiste vicinity, viii make. taps on bis iih-
rtttrau,ant corresponding with the blows ofithe
-hsuam,er; n and before the sounds thus prodnced
shall have diedin thedisisnce, tha Intelligence
III tho connection Of the two roads win have
Sasn aispstchsa throughout oar entire copn. pn
try. A@o..'"e . .ial':T
ANN The foreign mails btipg further particulars
Of the famine prevailing 10 the oRussian pro
yinee Of Esthonia, oi the Black Sea. No rain
fsHlnum Nay asd 10 August 18th, 1858, and
consequently the crops were burned up. Now
bread cannot be obtained except fpr e1orbitant
prices and. the supplies are very scaptN The
wet weather Of the present season has made
sAs roads impassabte and no assistance can
reach the people. Disease has also commenc-
Cd tossliics the population. The peasants
have oongregated in large numbers in the vii
lagos in hope Of obtaining food and shelter.
and the crowds in their weakened condition are
suffering from hunger and typhus. Dlacour-
aged, and in despair OF receiving relief child
rem are deserting their parents. and parents
their children, to wander about the country,
begging and plundarng. IT
The Washington Chronicle, of Monday,
says: sdovernor r. Z. Scott. Of South Caro-
lima, has arrived In this city, and is stopping
at WTlard's. Heis en- .route fot Cincinnati
and Louisville, where he will meet other gen.
tlamen OF South Carolina, who visit those
cities in the interest Of the Blue Ridge Bail
read, which is short link Of road through the
Blue Ridge Mountains, connecting Anderson,
South Carolina, with Knoxville, Tennessee
When com pleted this road will give the short
est route from the great West to the South At
lsntic seaooast, and will do much to develope
the commercial and agricultural resources Of
both South Carolina and sections Of ott sr ada
cent States. This win be the nearest and best
routes to the sesboard for very large section
OF the Western country, for the produce Of
which II opens an outlet never obstructed by
Ice, whence there is direct and short commu-
nicaiion With one Of the most important Of ouc
foreign markets, either to buy or sell IN, the
West Indies"
"A letter dated Fort Fetterman, Wyoming
Territory, April Is, contains the following:
'A warm Indian fight occurred on La Boute
Hill, twenty miles southeast Of this post, last
week, between about sixty Minnecongee Sioux
and eik ht soldiers OF the Fourth United States