The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-27
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Tn New York city one hundred dollars Is
sometimes paid TO Journalists for Writing
newspaper advertisement.
"A dispatch was recently sent from Boston
to Smyrna Asia Minor, in two hours ana
tHenty minutes.
The Government of Mecklenburg wants to
put stop to emigration, which it calls
I'growing evil"
General George B. Mcclellan is one Of the
ensineers enga ged in constructing the bridge
across the Hudson at the Highlands.
- Large numbers Of rifles and considerable
amounts Of artillery ammunition, it is said,
have lately been given to the Pope.
1.-The Spanish rebels placarded the royal
palaces at Madrid with the words 'This House
to BE- Let"
Tho magnificent dome of the Capitol at
Washington, is said to be an expensive luxury,
costing $4,000 year to keep in repair.
MLaboulaye is forbidden to lecture any more
on the American constitution in tho Unlver-
sity Of France. -s;2-s-,
The lawyers Of Bryan county, Texas, have
agreed to try 10 civil cases the present term,
because the judge insists upon negro jurles.
-Ofenbach has contracted to f1rnish Paris
theatre three operas year, at s1O, ,01J icT an
mum, tor FIVE years. He must compose by ma
chinery:
Fernando Wood, on Thursday evening, de-
clined the nomination for Congress, rendered
him BY the Mozart Hall Democracy in New
York. -.Y ifi
-Charivari prints in a late number carl
cature representing artillery men mounted on
velocipedes, and man@uvriug in tho face Of
the enemy. o. .....--
The Queen of Prussia, who, for ten years
past, always was in feeble health, has entirely
recovered, it is said, by eatin plenty Of grapes
every day.
Facilities for complete medical ed' u
tion and a university degree, are now grated
to women in Paris. American and Enghsh
women are readily admitted, and several have
commenced their studies. e....
One of Alexander T. Stewards clerks, IN
New York, was discharged some months since,
but his name Sas not stricken from the pay
roll. He called regularly for his pay till arrest
ed few days since.
=, "A Paris letter writer says: Apersonage from
ON being received by the Emperor his Majesty
is reported to have inquired how Spanish al
fairs were getting on. every well, Sire" "Ahl'
said Napoleon with smile, ''the people and
the revolution are still in their honeymoon"
1t is stated that rags, as material o. pa
per-making, have been so far superseded by
esparto grass that seven-tenths OF British pa
per is now made from it. The London Times
ia printed on paper made of this material. Al
ready 600 tons are annually exported from
Spain and Portugal to England at cost OF
about $S5 ton.
The amount Of anthracite coal mined this
year will be about fourteen and quarter mil
lion tons, or an increase of seyen or eight hum
dred thousand tons over last year. It was ex-
peoted that the increase would be ten per cent,
but it will not reach that amount. 1t is not
probable that the low prices OF last year will
again be reached
Isabella, of Spain. is in pretty comfortable
circumstances, pecuniarily, even if she never
sees her throne again. Her fortune is stated
by those who know to be considerably over
$1,000, 900, well invested, to say nothing of the
crown diamonds, Of enormous value, which she
managed to send off or carry away with her
when she fed from Spain. =
The executors Of tho will Of the late Pres
ident Buchanan have contracted for the ercc-
tion of q monument over his remains. 1t is
to be a solid block Of italian marble, five feet
): high, seven feet one inch long, and three feet
seven inches wide. The top and bottom will
have heavy mouldings, and the stone will be
enriched with wreath Of oak leaves and acorns.
The monument will be plain, rich and durable.
= The Washington correspondent of the New
York Democrat says: "Judge Hoge, of South
= Carolina, who came here topresent the request
Of Governor Scott for military aid, is still here,
though he concluded his business and tele-
graphed the result to Governor Scott yester-
day. It is understood that the matter was set
tied on the basis Of a suggestion from Secretary
Schofeld that the Governor should issue his
proclamation announcing that the civil author
tiles are unable to preserve order or assert tho
supremacy Of the laws IN certain specified coun-
ties, and declaring martial law therein. The
United States troops in the State would then
be placed at his disposal it required.
Tho Radical Board Of Registration in st.
Louis have actually carried their insolence so
far as to disfranchise General Blair on the
ground Of "disloyaltyl' On the registration
books, opposite his name, are written the
words, "Objected to by the Board" This en-
try.wasmade after the General had left the city
to fill an appointment in another State.
Though there is no legality whateyer in the
proceeding, it is characteristic illustration
ofou beautiful system Of suffrage under Ra-
dical rule. The charge against Blair is ''dis-
loyalty" of course--and surely no better cvi-
dence is required than that the accused is
candidate on the Democratic ticket.
The product Of printed cotton cloth in the
United States in 1926, it is stated, was about
30O0,0 1000 yards. In 1886, it reached 12O, ,OOO
In 1856, there were twenty-seven print works
in the United States, which produced in the
aggregate s50,OOO,OOO yards per year. This
amount, at an average Of ten cents per yard: