The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-09-01
Brief Mentions.

Sharks five and seven feet long are
being caught off the Charleston
wharves
MONTREAL, August IA Catholic
cure, Of St. Jean Baptlste village, has
given notice that be will refuse the sac
rament to members of his church who
wear low-neek dresses or pull-back
skirts.
Various Turner societies, containing
representatives from different States,
numbering thirty thousand, marched
through New York, recently, to Jones
Wood, where three days festival is
progressing.
The New York Herald says: "The
negro and the carpet-bagger are rapid
ly passing out of view in our politics,
and we do not want to have them
brought back again into prominence,
if we can avoid it."
The technical name of "hanks' ap-
piled to skeins Of worsted yarn or
other thread, is supposed was derived
FROM one Haukemus de Brabant,
Flemish weaver. dyer or fuller, who
settled in York, England, in l13l.
Mr.. Gladstone, in thanking Ger
man author for the dedication Of his
work, writes "Gernany now holds
the first place on behalf of the world
in asserting the necessity Of limiting
spiritual powers to spiritual things"
MEMPHIS, August 23.-The rapid
decline of the river has relieved the
overhowed cotton above here. Planters
whose cotton was in the water say
it will make two-thirds crop if the
season is propitious. The damage to
the plant is comparatively light.
MALTA, August 2s.-The Hartford is
here, homeward bound. The difficulty
between the American Consul and the
Tripolitans was settled on Thursday.
An apology was made by order Of the
Porte. The affair originated in some
seamen entering the Consuls garden
for matches.
LONDON, August pa special
dispatch to the Daily News from Rome
says the Pope has invited Archbishop
Ledochowski to Rome on the explra-
tion of his term of imprisonment in
February next, to attends special con-
sistory, at which he will receive the
insignia of the cardinalate.
One hundred and sixty-four thous-
and six hundred and eighty-one melons
we're exported last month from Angus
ia, Ga, to Western and Northern
markets, and yet there was melon a
day left for every darkey cultivator in
the State above and beyond the con-
sumption among the whites.
The latest official statements Of
British commerce are for the year
1873. From these returns it appears
that for the year the total value Of the
imports into the United Kingdom
amounted to s571, ,2S7,3 800, and the
total exports from the United King:
dom to E310,994,700. The value of
the total imports for the year 1873
was greater than for any other year.
In Paris there is very wealthy mis-
anthrope who never smokes anything
but the vilest cigars-those which are
sold for a sou. The other day friend
asked the cause of this eccentricity.
ssIt gratifes me in this way. [ arrive
at the theatre in my carriage. The
prancing horses are pulled up and I
aiight with dignity, at the same time
throwing away my half-smoked cigar"
"Well, what then ?" II think how
badly sold the fellow is who picks up
the stump, thinking he has mold Of
fragrant Havana"
Ex-Gov. Vance of North Carolina,
in his recent address before the South
ern Historical Society, related secret
Incident of the war. He said that
soon after the failure of the Hampton
Roads conference he was visited by
the late Gov. Graham, who stated to
him that many of the Senators and
Representatives in the Confederate
Congress and other leading men be-
lieve that the end of the war was
near, aud despairing of obtaining
peace through Mr.. Davis, ttey desired
Mr.. Vance, as Governor Of North
Carolina, to enter into separate terms
with President Lincoln. Gov. Vance
said that he declined to take the de-
sired step.