The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-18
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10000 bales. :, e,o;r bss
.aa-esaed a note OF complaint to the bEitisn
0ovsrnment a in reference to tho order placing
tho fortress of Gibraltar on war iootins'
r,or,, abt recciysd only nine dollars IN
eermany for his two most popular songs anu
.h;nts be can make more by coming to TINS
country, which he intends to 90. ,
An old gentleman, at the late disaster
-, tho Ohio. finding that he could not ger on
tho burning boat, went to his stateroom ana
laid down, so that no might gratity h'nisen 0S
s:dyine in his bed"
The Church Monthly, an organ OF Tue
En;scooalians, comes out sauareiy Tor h!tua'-
;.n, vhich. it says, 'is system that belongs
- +be church BY right Of inheritance. It's no
:.so,,t;on bnt resurrection from the dead"
M, and Mrs. Dion Bourcicault made their
,ast appearance "on any stage" at the ihca'fe
porol Dublin. on the evening OF the lst INST
Az Pourc;cault, in speech on the OCCASION
.,.l.,. horeos,er bo shall devote himself er-
tirely to literary pursuits.
Colonel wynkoop, agent Of tho Cheyenne
.,a sronsboes Indians, has resigned that
noeition ON account of certain military opera
t,ons against the Indians. He says BLACK
pot,la and his band were friendly and upon
.ho;r own reservation when attacked, ond he
hs1;.ves General Clusters fight on the Wnshita
was massacre.
"A Washington telegram says: "a close
canvass OF tie sentiments Of members OF Con-
oress discloses disposition 10 remove the dis
abilities of citizens in all the Southern states;
and there is scarcely doubt but at this ses-
sion a bill will pass in both Houses placing the
nsonle of the several States South upon an
anal footing as to the elective franchise"
2 The minutest fossil horse yet discovered
vas lately found by Professor o. c. Marsh, OF
Yale College, in the tertiary deposits OF Ne
brsaka. Although full grown, as the ossinca-
tion OF the various bones prove, 1t was only
,ahort two feet high. This makes seventeen
species OF fossil horse now known TO have lived
in North America, although until quite recent
lv ;t v.s generally believed that there were
none indigenous to the continent.
"a New York letter to the Philadelphia
Ledger says: s.It is no violation OF confidence
- state that when Geaeral Grant was in this
city Inst week, the editor of prominent morn
ine paper (not the Sun nor the Ilmesl was
.;ven to understand that Cabinet portfolio
q was at his service under the new admlnistra-
tion, provided the said party would like to De
Secretary OF the interior. AS yet, II Is not as
oerssined whether The offer has been accepted,
INIT the chaacss are that it will be. The editor
aIluded to was formerly member OF congress-.
The popular vote in England gives the
Liberals majority of 172, ,0so-mo1e than four
teen mar cent. OF the whole number CT votes
given. The Scotch, however, who are certaia'
" the most impartial judges OF the Leading
question, whlcS was justice or no justice to
IreIa and, gave an overwhelming vote Tor JUS
tice. that is, for the L,oerals, being i've to one
in the boroughs, and even in the counties
majority Of about t6enty per cent. on the s'tai
county vote. Taking Great Britain as WHOLE
the smajority on the popular vote is about TWO
hundred and thirty.two thousand In total
vote Of ]. % 5000. or more than sixteen PER
cent.
Two WESLEYAN missionaries in China, who
have Just returned from tour through the
western provinces to the confines OF Thibet,
distance of over three thousand miles, have
published an int teresting report on that as ye'
bat little known portion Of the immense Asiatc
Empire. They saw an abundance OF coal, and
Evidences Of gold, silver, lead and iron m:aes.
Catholic missions were so numerous that
-priests we're found even in the small villages,
and converts to this church were numbered by
hundreds OF thousands. The missions In
China, whether Catholic or Protestant, repre-
sent an element Of civilization and the mar
,yellous growth Of the Roman Catholic Church,
which ia confirmed BY the unanimous testimo-
ny OF all who have travelled in China, will
greatly aid in bringing China under the indu-
ence of modern civilization.
As every one is interested to know how so
rich man as Baron Rothschild lived. CORES
pondents ara particular as to every movement
OF his daily life. II is related shst he rose every
morning at six O'Clock. HIS body servant
shaved and dressed him. Meanwhile, II. Bou-
deville Ia teacher OF elocution, who fits people
for tho STACEY. read the newspapers to him and
told him the gossip of the green-rooms Of the
Psris theatres. He was dressed for the day at
this early hour, putting on even white cravat.
He next received Prussian named Bernardo,
With whom he examined the quotations from
the great exchanges OF Europe, and decided
upon and gave orders for the transac-
tions OF the day. He next received the
correspondence clerks, took from them
the more important letters which re-
quRed a roply from the Barch, 4 I'd approved
or modified the proposed replies TO other let
tars. Then the almoner came in and reported
on the poor relieved, and received new in
structiens. he then went to Nine. Rothschild
for her instructions. After the almoner retired
the B aIon received his experts-men who kept
him inior med of all art and book sales; they
made reports or received instructions. He
then went to breakfast. All the family met ct
breakfast, and usually one or two OF his mar
ried children were present. After breakfast
the Baron went tc his Office (Which was imme-
diately On the street, and separated from his
house by the court yard; covered way reached
from one to the other) to receive people. at
two o'clock he would sometimes 60 to the
Bourse, or oftener to the auction mart for he was
fond of buying objects OF curiosity and pictures.
he would return to his Office, and at four
No,ciocl, drive down TO Chateau de Suresne or