The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-26
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Emperor Of China, twelve years old, is
happy in the name of high Prosperity" Els
father rejoiced in the name of Perfect Bliss"
Constant Mayer has in progress a picture
called Confidence" representing two young
womea-in the act of making confidential dis
closures to each other.
ulphuret of carbon stands at the head of the
list of disagreeable odors, but in consequence OF
its solvent properties il is extensively used in the
manufacture of the most delicate perfumes.
The Mormons have an organ in their Taber.
naole which they iondly fancy is one of the largest
in the country because it has two banks of keys
and thirty-ive stops.
Tho Worcester Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton pays the postage on letters which are
dropped unstamped into that postof6ce, adding a
request for a contribution.
Six cigars a day, according to q Paris physi-
clan, will shorten a mans life five years; and it
becomes an interesting calculation to discover how
many vii kill one on the spot.
Dogs in England are regarded as ~luxuries, and
are taxed the same as with US. The tax was as
sessed on 301, 2S1 animals in 1856; in 1866 the num-
Der had increased to 1853, 472, and 1921 dogs were
returned by surveyors of taxes as exempt.
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Anthony is in the city, soliciting subscriptions for
her new paper, The Revolution, which is to be
the special organ of Female ufrage in the United
States. SIZE has been visiting most Of the men,
bsrs of Congress, and has been quite successful.
Jean Paul" in the New York Citizen, says
"Certainly If Dickens be the artist that the loud
mou,hed dailies says he is, I am an idiot" Most
} people will assuredly agree with 'the l~oud-mouth-
ed dailies," even in view Of the dilemma in which
''Jean Paul" places himself.
Tho N. o. Picayune says: General ]. B. Hood
is now located IN Galveston, as We see it para
graphed in a great many papers. He spends most
of his time here, where he has his principal bust
ness house, and is sometimes in Galveston, which,
"a 9 Texan, he claims as HE home, and where he
has q branch Of his house here.
The Florida Railroad, between Fernandina and
Cedar Keys, is to be placed in good order speedily,
aud that a line Of frst-class steamers, one from
Fernandina to New York, the other from Cedar
Keys to New Orleans, are to be established forth
With. It is expected that large quantities Of cot
ton will be shipped from Mobile and New Orleans
via Cedar Keys and Fernandina this winter,
The suez canal is again looming up in our
foreign intelligence. NJ. de Lesseys, who has it in
charge, IN o lecture on the Suez canal, recently
given at Nice, stated that the contractors were
bound to terminate the work by the first Of Sep
tsmber, 1859, under a penalty of 500, 900 a month
for any delay. He had received news that q steamer
had passed through tae Isthmus. The canal
company has land to be sold Of the value Of $780,
10000.
Two men in England disputed as to the weight
Of their ganders, and bet a sovereign on the ques-
ton. The defeated farmer paid the bet and
bought the rival gander, which died the next day.
On opening il, il was discovered that the nan had
won his wager by administering to the wretched
gander two pounds Of smal shot. The Hudders-
field magistrates assessed this act Of cruelty at
los, which was paid, so that the rufian Melted los.
by the cruel fraud.
An English journal says: Civilization has not
given q Dorsetshire laborer much except lucifer
matches and the penny post; suppose, as its next
step, it gives the power Of swift travel, first for his
thoughts and afterwards for himself2 Tell a Wick
fisherman that he can telegraph TO his salesman at
Aberdeen and Leith for three pence, and reach
either place for a farthing a mile, and he will at
least feel that the State means to him something
besides police and judges, that it can aid as well as
restrain, lift as well as level"
CQute a quarrel has sprung up among the pub
sshers Il German rsmarces, the work which
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ties we're gold, and which
different languages. The
gBerthold Auerbach'a novels,
w Cd aYirage. about fifteen Thousand