The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-30
NEWS sU M M a r z.

10 600 bales; upianuS auoaI 1oso'
The Metternich rose, a violet purple, is the
new color in Paris.
louisville is to have new city hall which
is to cost s25O.OoO. =,
The crop of Egyptian cotton this year Will
. amount to 197, ,0OO, 900 pounds.
There is not q Jewish beggar in New York
CITY. The Hebrews support th cir own poor.
Louisiana is going extensively into rice
culture, and expects to raise greater crop
than the Carolinas.
Coffee without milk is said to be used by
theTurks as an antidote to the injurious effects
of tobacco.
The English Ritualists have adopted the
word ssMass' for their celebration Of the COM
munion service. ;.
Miss Emily Schonberg, ''thc most beauti-
ful woman in America" is reported engaged
to Mr.. Butterfeld, of Paris, widower.
Suicide by drinking water In which the
chemical composition on the ends OF lucfer
matches had been soaked is reported to nave
become very frequent in Paris.
Seventy thousand tons of Scranton coal
were sold in New York on Wednesday last, and
though the attendance was large and the bid
ding spirited, prices showed marked decline.
"A Paris journal states that the Emperor
Napoleon is much annoyed at the King OF
Prussia being selected as arbitrator IN the
Alabama dispute, instead Of himself or the
Gar of Russia.
Isabella, Of Spain, it is said, ls about TO
start newspaper in Paris to combat the claims
OF Don Carlos and the Duke Of Montpensier to
the Spanish throne, and to criticise the acts OF
the Spanish provisional government. She is to
begin with an investment of forty thousand dol
lars.
Mr. Charles Dickens, in answer to ap-
peal made for the printers almshouses in
England, writes ''I beg to say I shall be
happy to devote the gross amount OF my next
reading in London to the fund. What should
have been without printers? I am grateful,
and wish to SHOW it.
Mr.. W. A. Yislett, one of the largest pro-
,tluce dealers Of the Southwest, dieG III New Or
leans last week. He was q native Of Alexan-
dria, Va, and possessed the best traits Of the
virginian character. For thirty-threc years
he had been prominent merchant in New Or
leans. His operations in Western produce were
on the most gigantic scale.
"A buried city, it is reported, has been dis
covered beneath extensive lava fields, in the
vicinity OF the village Of Tayahualco, Mexico.
Well preserved buildings aud dried remains of
human beings, it is stated, have been un-
covered. 4 commission Of scientific men has
been sent from the City Of Mexico to conduct
the explorations.
The State Department suggests to travel
lers that, in view Of the troubled condition Of
a good many foreign countries, passports are a
very desirable thing for American travellers,
and that they cost about five dollars apiece.
Passports are given only to citizens Of the Uni
ted States upon applications supported by
proof Of citizenship. Applications should be
made to the Secretary Of State in Washington.
AN idol temple has been erected at Port
land, Oregon. The building is completed and
the Cinnamon are actively engaged furnishing
it. The vestibule contains two large oilglobes,
inside Of which lamps are burning to show to
advantage the heathenship fig ures painted on
the outside. One OF the transparencies repre-
sents celestial warriors or saints, some on foot
and some on horseback, who go round and
round, propelled in some m amer by current
of heated air.
Pictures by old masters, it is asserted, arc
seldom to be met with in this country, as the
paintings known as such are manufactured
abroad for this market. The exact spot where
the genuine productions Of the psnoils of fam
ous painters can befound is known TO the art
dealers, and the galleries and private collec-
tions OF Europe, where these relics are pre-
served, have not Of late years been broken up
and dispersed as they we're during the time of
Napoleon's wars; hence there is no probability
that real "old master" could find its way to
this country.
"A New York letter Of Wednesday says
Trinity Church Corporation are not a little DIS
turbed by call which appears in some of the
papers to-day, for a general convention Of the
heirs Of Anake Jams Bogardus, at Orange, NJ,
on the 23d of next month, in order to institute
the necessary legal measures to recover the
vast property now held by that body. Impor-
tant documentary evidence as to the validity of
the claim set up by the heirs, and never before
used in the litigation, it is said, will be SUBJ
mitted to this convention, together with various
other new facts, bearing in their favor. Dele
gates to act for the heirs in all parts of the
country are invited to be present.
Low fares on railways, according to the
English Quarterly Review, have always resulted
N filing the treasures Of the companies. For
the last two years Belgium has been trying the
experiment of reduced rates, and the success
ofthe plan of cheapening travel has had, it is
asserted, great influence upon tho fares in
other countries Of Europe. Franco, and espe-
cially Prussia, are mentioned as having reduced
the price of railway tickets with beneficial ef-
fects. In this country, although competing
lines have reduced the fares for short time,
yet no trial has ever been made for period
long enough to give the cheap fare system a
fair test.
The Emperor Of Russia has sent to this
country two civil engineers, instructed to make
complete examination OF the operations of
the Pacific rnd other great railways in the Uni
ted States. The Emperor contempates build
ing railroad from China, across Asia to the
capital OF Russia, his purpose being to prevent
the United States, with its railroads and steam