The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-30

iewelry, and the -bfll6 nave peeu sen' :" W
Acbille, who ia comparatively poor.
. Mr.. John Walter, principal proprietor OF
the London Times, Professor Morley, OF the
Fortn,ghtly Review, and Mr.. Edward Mail, OF
the Nonconformist, are candidates Tor seats
in the new British Parliament.
Revolving forts are to be constructed by
the North German Confederation on the banks
of the Rhine to protect CoOlenz, Mayence and
Co,oene from the attacks of the French gun
boats. This ls the application OF the Monitor
system, to land defences.
The london Times Of Saturday has another
article on the United States and Mexico. 1t ls
willing the. latter country should be absorbed
into the American Union If it could be assured
of two things, viz the future peace OF Mexico
and the payment Of he- debts. s..,
The French army, according to statistics
recently furnished at meeting OF the butchers
of Paris, consumed 1O1 900 oxen in one year.
The daily allowance to 100000 soldiers is 1885,
e0spounds avoirdupois. Calculating the weight
Of an OK at 1886 pounds, would give an average
of277 oxen consumed per day.
When the women in the Madrid cigar fac
tories recently mutinied, they went in mob
to the Office Of one OF the directors, demanding
to be heard. He agreed 10 admit a committee
of them, adding that they must be the three
oldest and ugliest Of the lot. That deputation
was never sent. ;aa
An English railway train was saved from
destruction the other day by lady passenger
who discovered fire In an apartment next her
sell, put her head out OF the window and called
to those in the carriage in front TO pass the
word along. The English papers are inquir-
ing whether this is better than to have sin
gle rope;
1T is, now proposed that the British Gov
ernment shall undertake the express business,
in connection with the letter post and tele-
graph business, confnins itself, however, only
to small pare lis. The suggestion was made by
Mr.. Chadwick, who was largely instrumental
in procuring the passage ofthe act for tie pur-
chase OF the telegraph lines. Il is proposed
that the charges shall be uniform for weight
Z irrespective Of the distance, like the postof6ce
service. no a. --.5. 90.
One Of the great railway companies OF Eng
lsud is about to defend itself against several
suits for damages in having set fire to crops
along its route by sparks from locomotive, by
disputing its liability in such cases. The
ground taken is that all necessary precautions
were taken, but the prolonged drought render
ed them all useless. It is, therefore, contend
ed that no responsibility attaches to the COM
pany. The other lines, which have also many
suits Of this kind to answer, are awaiting the
result With much interest.
Some OF the South German States have
queer regulations respecting marriage. In
Nuremberg, for example, it is the law that
the marriage Of any subject OF the State who
marries in any foreign country must obtain the
consent of the King, or the ceremony is null
and void. The consequences of this absurd
regulation in respect to the inheritance Of
property by the children Of persons who h.ye
emigrated and married, have been very incon-
vsnient, and Mr.. Bancroft has requested the
government to repeal the stupid statute. The
answer to therequest Was favorable.
Not long since, a green-lookng Vermonter
walked into the Office OF DR.. G. T. Jackson, the
New York chemist. 'Dr. Jackson, presume? ?"
SAID he. "Yes, sir" "Are you alone?" eyes,
SIR "May lock the doorP" and he did so;
and having looked behind the sofa and satisfied
himself tha. no one else was in the room, he
placed large bundle done up in yellow ban
dana on the table and opened it. "There, Doc
tor, look at that" ssWell," said the Doctor, "I
see it." "What do you call that, Doctor?" 81
call it IRON pyrites." "Whatl" said the man,
..isn't that stuff gold 2" "No," said the Doc
tor, Sits good for nothing; it's pyrites;" and
putting some over the fire In shovel it evapo-
rated up the chimney. ''Tal," said the poor
fellow with woe-begone lcok, there's Wild
der woman up in our town who has o whole hill
full Of that, and Pve been and married her,"
-AMississipi paper tells good story about
the son of . white Radical in that State, little
boy about fifteen years old, who fell in love and
engaged himself to one Of the neighbor's girls.
His father, learning the facts, hunted the
young man up, and, finding him at his lady
loves house, gave him good whipping and
sent him home. The little fellow started on
his W., crying, and met one Of the neighbors,
who inquired what was the matter. The little
fellow replied that his father Lad whipped him
because he wanted to marry. "Why, son, !"
said the neighbor. 'I would not care for that
plenty of time in FIVE years for you 10 mar
ry." ''Yes, but I do" replied the little fellow,
blubbering; II have got chance 10 marry a
white gal, now; and, the wsy dads going on,
I'll have to marry niger"
This autumn the fashionable shade Of red
will be u sort OF crimson, neither dark nor yet
very brilliant. This color will be seen in silk,
velvet, cloth and woollen fancy materials. The
fashion Of panniers is rather gaining ground,
AMI this autumn many horsehair tournures
are exhibited. Three are worn over the crino-
line, one at the back and one oa either side.
IT'S said cushions flied with down Will be
worn this winter, instead OF horsehair. This
will feel warm and comfortable, certainly, and
j. may also prove vastly agreeable to carry