The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-12

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Mr. GRuRB, an. optcian Of Dublin, has COM
pleted an enormous rejecting telescope, which
was ordered by the Victoria Legislature for the
sum Of 1000, for Melbourne. The tube Of the
instrument is four and half feet in diameter.
The sides are made Of tapering steel ribs, and the
entire instrument is not only singular on account
ofis dimensions, but also because of its complete.
ness, accuracy, and 'finish." jiIes
SRI Count BISMARCK, in the German Parliament, in
q causic speech, has settled, so far as Prussia is
Interested, all hopes Of Polish nationality. Ad-
dressing the Polish deputies, he said s"1The re-
establishment Of Poland is fantastical dream.
Thate ars:not Poles enough ID the world to accom-
psh il. 1T should be remembered that the Count
is an aristocrat, and does not know how many
Poles it wonla take to do the Cracow-yienne.
;At Bsyonne there is 9 sluto Of sardines. A local
paper says: s'1The streets never cease resounding
with theories Of the sellers. Such has been the
abundance that a pinnace Of st. Jean de Luz, not
finding the ish fine enough, threw the whole back
4 into the. sea, .Awopaan Of this town, hawking
about aconsidersble quantity and unable to get
nd 81 her stocE, setup acry Of Crounpalslous on
que lo1s jui tbuy them or I throw them away),r
Hope the market on Ghis side will be lower.
~ At Vienna an sIntelligeuce Office" of novel
character has been opened here marriageable
xirlsin quest Of husbands are to be- found. The
blondes are in one room, the brunettes in another.
Rouge on nor? is the question asked of the WIS.,
5tor, and as he loves blondes OF brunettes he is
shown into one or the other room. The next thing
we shall hear will be that daughters are disposed
III by lottery.
The Commercial says that Lavacca is one of the
best markets in Texas in which to sell hides. Inn
anee quantities arrive from Indianola Vines Bay,
and other points, end find q ready market for
q cash. The same paper says firm in that city
have received twelve hundred Mexican dollars
from New Mexico for New Orleans, the fret ship
1nent Of the kind since the war, and that the pros
] poets are that the Mexican trade through Lavacca
win be larger this year than ever before.
There is an interesting question before o jury in
The Supreme Court, New York. It is, in brief, as
follows: WILLIAM A. SANBoRN bought Of Sn.As @.
HERRING safe which the vender alleged, under
warrantee, was burglar proof. The safe was forced
by q burglarand $4,000 taken theretrom. The
question for the jury to decide is is HERRING, un-
der the warrantee, responsible for the money
stolen IF held responsible, the burglar proof safe
business will be rather an unsafe one for any gen
:flernan with money to engage in. The jury will,
probably, definitely settle the question this week.
Thereis ridiculous rumor afoat in Europe-(it
came to us by cable)-to the effect that the En-
peror NAPOLEON is calmly awaiting the fall of the
throne OF ISABELLA of Spain, in order to aid the
King Of Portugal to an Iberion unity, and for
zxhich service he is to receive the Island Ct Cuba
Our impression is that NAPOLEON is far from being
q fool and never entertained any such nonsense.
In the first place the hunted sisters would, even at
The risk Of great maritime war; oppose the trans
fer of the Queen of the Antilles to another power;
and in the second, France is satisfied with the
DO rful neighbors that now adjoin her. She does
net desire to lose all prestige in the councils Of
Europe.
In Chicago, last Friday night, an hishman at
tempted to commit suicide by taking large dose
of morphine. The name Of the distressed Celt is
PATRICK LAILY. He was found lying in gutter
i'm Fourth avenue, laboring under the potent effect
of the dose OF poison he had administered to him
self he was taken home, and q physician called
who soon brought the candidate for change Of
residence to his senses. No sooner, however. had
the determined Milesian regained consciousness,
than he grasped razor, lying on the table near at
hand and inflicted fearful cash in his throat. It
became necessary to bind the desperate man to q
chair, when his wound was sewed up, and at latest
accounts he WIS improving.
LADY, who has recently attended St. Mban's
Church, in New York. which na. be taken as a re-
.presentatiye of the most advanced (ritualistic)
thought" gives a startling account of the pro-
ceedings there The rector is Mr.. MORRILL,. ma
live Of Saco, Maine, and a man Of great obesity.
He is now undergoing medical treatment for the
uurpoae of reducing his flesh. In administering
the sacrament to his flock, he does not allow any
one TO touch the bread and wine, but holding
them. as he walks, elevated above his head, makes
a dab with bread and cup at each individual mouth,
as the Rmish priests put waters on the tongues OF
their COMMITMENTS. When the sacramental cere-
mony is fiaished, he drinks every attainable drop
~ the consecrated wine and then, rinsing tho cup
with unconsecrated wine, drinks that, in order
that not even the vapor Of the first shall le lost.