The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-29
CHI A r L E S TON
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1867.
NEKS SU.N.HAPY.

turned to Nashville, after long absence in Eu-
rope.
Mr.. 4. T. Stewards sales last week were the
largest on record. For silks alone s35, 600 were
received.
Observation-Disclosures is the appellation of
q colored fountain in the Devils Auction" at
New York.
Bonner has paid Beecher $4,000 additional for
Norwood" because he spun longer yarn than
was expected.
"A colored advocate recently appeared at the
Court of Queens Bench, and argued case with
much ability.
The Rngstree Star is offered for sale after the
1st Of January. 1t is the only paper in Williams
burg District.
The Norfolk papers note the arrival there Of
cotton in large quantities. Last week the receipts
averaged nearly 1000 bales per day.
Horse flesh is twenty cents per pound in Pa
ris. A contemporary notes that Bonner paid (for
Dexter) eighty dollars to one hundred dollars per
pound.
The Lincolnton (N. c. Courier, not large,
nor very profitable concern, is to be disposed Of
by lottery next month. There are three hundred
tickets at S. each.
past Governors of the State. A generation Of Sir
Joshua Reynoldses ought to spring up under the
stimulus OF such liberal patronage Of art.
Beverly Nash in letter to the Columbia Phe-
nix, repudiates the Radical speech said to have
been made by him in Fairfield District and says
that he never addressed Union League there
ct all.
German copyright laws continue to apply to'
works until the lapse Of thirty years from the
authors death. The copyright on the works OF
Goethe, Schiller, Herder and others has just ex-
pred.
-Winona, Minnesota, boasts that the greatest
lumber saw .ng feat on record has been performed
there A single mill has sawed over $4,000 feet OF
lumber in twelve hours, with four gangs, one cir
cular and one upright saw.
The German holders Of the United States
bonds abroad propose to send an address to Secre-
tary McCulloch to ascertain from him whether 1t
Is the intention Of the Government to pay the
bonds in cola at maturity.
DIR. Guthrie OF Edinburgh believes that if
every man found publicly drunk was taken to the
barber and had his heal shaved, the evil would be
abated. We think that the only effect would be
to create great demand for wigs.
Instead Of an elaborate criticism Of recent
performance in Milan OF Gounods ''Faust, one OF
the journals OF that city inserted an announce
ment Of the performance with the following
punctuation points, Of large size p!
From the opening Of the London underground
railway in 1868, more than seventy million people
have been passengers by it. During the last Six
months alone it carried twelve million passengers,
or four times the population Of London.
The case of Jonn C. Braine, of Chesapeake
notoriety, was called before Judge Benedict, IN
Brooklyn, N. Y, on Monday, when the District At
torney stated that he had referred the whole case
to the Attorney General at Washington.
-Garibaldi has 50 far recovered from his illness
as to be able to ror1rn to Caprera, to which place
the Government has permitted him to repair. The
Italian Government has not yet given its adhesion
to the European Congress proposed by France.
The people Of Missouri town lately witnessed
q race between railroad train and balloon. II
was proved by the result that the cars do not move
with the swiftness Of the wind, inasmuch as the
balloon went five miles while the train went two.
The New York Times is severe upon Chase
when it saws Of him. politicians who are so ready
to let everybody know on demand just where they
stand are quite as ready to change their stand
whenever they think they can make anything
by it."
-Arrangements have been made for practically
testing the question whether it is cheaper to send
wheat to Europe by way of New Orleans. steam
er is to leave Dubuque with barges in tow con-
tanning 900 bushels Of wheat to be reshipped to
Liverpool.
"A Buenos Ayres letter Of October IA says the
Paraguayaus reject all peace propositions owing to
the demand that Lopez shall leave the country; on
the contrary, they will continue the wcr with re-
newed energy. The cholera has broken out in
both armies.
The new costume in Paris just touches the
ground, and has cross-cuts all round; it is made OF
cloth, and finged under the cross-cuts with chen
ile. Dark blue and dark green are the favorites.
The mantle is loose, fvinged round, and the
sleeves are very full and flowing.
"A gentleman in Corydon KY, under the infu-
ence Of wine, undertook to Kiss two yonng ladies
at their house, but they retreated to q room; he
followed. he got his leg through the door, but
they fastened it there by pressure against the door,
and, procuring saw, amputated the leg below the
knee. The leg was wooden one
Some inventive young lady has set the fashion
Of keeping compliment albums. Whenever she
hears good thing said about her, she writes it
in her album, and persuades the person reported
to have said it to sign her name to it. From the
way in which people delight in picking others to
pieces" we should Judge that left-handed COM
plment album would be moro quickly filed.
When the question Of the Lord Mayors show
was before the corporation Of London, the debate
turned upon the matter OF the state coach, when
one of the aldermen begged his colleagues ''nos to
be parties to SO suicidal an act as the abolishing
any part Of the ancient ceremonies OF the corpo-
ration Of London, or to relinquish the use of So
imposing symbol Of it's honor and dignity"
While train Of cars was passing through a
long tunnel on Tennessee railroad, the rear car,
well filed with passengers, became detached, and
it being az up hill grade, ran back The train al
most immediately started in pursuit, and reached
the car just as it was struck by train coming in
the opposite direction. The poor car was badly
smashed at both ends, but no person was serious
" hurt. All this occurred in the tunnel.
-Disraelis speech at the Guild Hall banquet
was very congratulatory rpon the state OF foreign
affairs. He considered that there had been few
occasions when the relations between England
and the Continental powers were more friendly
and confidential than at present, and as for
America, he thought the questions which had
threatened trouble we're now viewed more justly,
and that feelings OF thorough friendship would be
maintained between the two countries.
There is said to have been much excitement
manifested in the great cities Of England and Ire
land on Sunday last Oh account of the execution
of the Fenians convicted at Manchester. Colonel
Kelly, who was rescued at Manchester is again
reported to hare been captured on board the re-
gular Inman line steamship City of Paris. The
steamer in question left liverpool on tie goth
instant touching, as usual, at Queenstown, Ire
land. When the vessel reached that port she was
boarded by the police, who penetrated the disguise
NJ Kelly and arrested him.