The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-01

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= r quoted at New York yesterday
at 49a. ----.
She New York teotton~market Has firm
a,salea 2oOa bales at S1se. T.; 81 :.
~ ] ..sAta ItSerpool the staple was unchanged
,. ,Salss 5000 Qtbaies.. .sse -
.S:aeneral Sherman has adopted the son OF
s,slhe sj IstaKit Carson and win provide ior hls
education at Notre Dame University infhana'
/. s.1A speaking machine, initiating t. tae human
: yoioe'preeissly, with the exception OF the sioi
!; hHts. ds oht exhibition in Pesth. Aiafy worKs
it with keys. .Iye5a-
TT=-,AS1aD could carry.on his back, forty years
AGO. tho Southern mail from New Yofk city to to,
. Jersey aity; now lit requires eightf fdur-horse
teams to do that services -
,,.-Presidsphs johnson has signed tie pinln
i xyorgf enforcing the eightshour law to all the
: naayy yards and other government wof fkshops.
;dt4akes immediate effect ,.@.Is...; ''
- ,7Epa, ship ship Adolphihe, at New 'Yofk from
AZ Bremen, m reports passing on the fifth Pf june
immasIisme asIisme' heids II ice, some of them peing at
least two hundred fset high. She h4d to 30
- ,oahy miles1 out Of her course TO avoid them- Z
"A machine has, recently. been invented
Nvhh Nwhh,eh. fam ordinary ,ash soft and
!. "a TeIib,s .wdoa. turns put two hundred straw
:, ,hasry ,6oses 6ossess apes minute, The immense num-
81 ber which can be manufactured IN short time
II farisfy reduces the price; and these boxes.
(which are Of an unique design, can be pur-
chased at six cents per dozen.
The business Of building locomotives is one
that IA rapidly increasing both in America and
in Europe... It is announced that the numoer
. Of locomotives added. during the six years,
1869 to 1866 inclusive, to the rolling stock o.
the rsilwsyseof England, Wales, Scotland ana
ireland was no less tnnn- 1863. In 1866 eacn
engine earned $28, ,4s5 grCss revenue, ana ran
: II, ,576 miles. .,..
About the proper mode of spelling shaks-
neare,s name there has always been great d 3
nnte. Mr.. George Wise, OF philadelphia, fur
nishes chart givings nineteen hunorea anu
s;r ]iffsrent ways OF spelling the namo OF the
= STeat dFamar1sI, aDu accompanied with the re-
mark that as biographers disagree as to the
proper orthography of the name, one OF tne
nineteen hundred and six Waysis probably cor
rect.
4:Ithas been found, while firing at the run
ming man. target, at Wimbledon, England,
which ia scarlet on one side and gray on the
other. that the searlet dazzles the eye, and 10
hence the most difficult to hit, from leaving
rod streak behind it, which unsettles the aim.
The gray side was struck seyenty-four times'
and the red only forty-two times. 1t is q curl
ons fact, too, that those with gray eyes ht
fairer than those with eyes Of other colors.
An absolutely Gre-prooi building is report
ed TO have been erected in London, in fetter
lane ga a record Office. The structure is Gel
fular, and of stone and iron. No room within
the building is of more than seventeen feet by
tventy-fiye, and seventeen high. Any fire with
: in each would consequently be confined to
: small space, and have no effect upon the bmid-
mo A. largo. The rooms are distinct from each
other. and open upon q central passage by
means Of iron doors.
The wardrobe Of the Princess Metternieh,
;t ia said, consists Of 119 dresses OF elk, each
ox11 pieces, and trimmed with 1900 yards OF
trimmings; 164 morning gowns OF various ma
tarials, adorned with 1000. 600 oil buttons; 81
morning dresses and cloaks, ornamented with
one ton OF bugles; 81 shawls OF various sizes
and colors; 152 petticoats In variety; 275 other
under garments; S65 pairs of stockings LOO
pairs OF gloves of every known color; ~ pairs
OF boots aud shoes; II sashes and belts; 64
/. brooches, intyariety; 72 pairs OF earrings, IN
variety; 81 fans; "a parasols; 1 umbrella, &c.
= The separate Tax bill, relating only to dis
titled spirits, tobacco and the tax on banks,
which passed ths House OF representatives on
Friday, provided that there shall be tax oi
fifty cents on every proof gallon OF distilled
snirits to be paid before removal from distille-
ry warehouse. Spirits in the bonded ware
. honses must be Withdrawn within six months,
: and nav in addition to the direct tax special
tax of four dollars barrel Of forty gallons.
Ths bonded warehouse system for spirits ID
-; abolished, and the collection of the tax at the
distiIlery is required F; on spirits and rum Tor
exportstion there is drawback not exceeding
fffty cents gallon. The sixty-sixth section
imposes tax Of thirty-two cents pound on
snufT thirty-two cents on chewing tobacco,
sixteen cents on smoking tobacco, and two
dollars and fifty cents pound on all imported
cigars. The portion relating to taxes or banks
makes no change in the present rate OF taxa
ton.
The Diplomatic dress of American Minis
ters abroad is again brought to the attention
of the public by q communication from MIR.
Seward to the Senate, in response to call for
information from that body. The Secretary OF
State transmits letters from Ministers Adams,
Hale, Yeanan, sandford, Hovey, and most OF
!. ths other representatives of the United States
10 foreign courts, in reply to his letter to them
informing them Of the action of Congress on
tbe subiect of the dress to be worn by our re-
nreaenta.iyes on court occasions. The pub
Esbed. extracts from the letters are amusing,
ana relate personal experiences in maintain
- ing the dignity Of the country under such cir.
cumstances. General Hovey, at Lima, asks II
81 he may wear his Major-Generai's uniform, and
IL Mr.. Yesman argues against the obligatory GUS
tom OF wearing plain clothes. Mr.. Adams
says the law win prevent him from being pre-
sent at State ceremonials where the court dress
4s absolutely required, but does not anticipate
any III effect from his absence. Mr. Hale says: