The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-25
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steady. Sterling easier at 92a95.
in Liverpool cotton was active; uplands on
the spot 12Sd.; afoat 13d.; Orleans 12s.
lie Fonet quotes short walking dresses as
growing in favor but not in length.
The bridges over the Thames, in London,
are To be thrown open for public use free from
toll.
"A. T. Stewart, the New York dry goods
merchant, it is stated, phys his lawyer an an
nual fee of s25, coo.
Another woman died in New York on Mon
day from the effects of kerosene lamp explos-
ion on Saturday night.
Florence Nightingale, it is reported, ha
become member of the society to prom ote
female suffrage in England.
-Ristori will commence in New York, on
May I'd, a series of farewell representations
prior to her departure for Europe. The season
is limited to two nights and five matinees.
Napoleon III has presented copy of the
imperial edition Of his Life OF Cesar to the Ly-
ceum Library of New Orleans, in return for the
photographs of that city, sent to him BY the
municipal authorities.
The English Admiralty, it is stated, have
come to the conclusion that heavily y-armored
ships are of little use, owing to The improve
ments in ordnance, but that light armored,
swift vessels may meet the emergency.
1t is rumored in Montreal that the Cana
dian Government is in possession Of informa :
ton respecting the Fenian conspiracy to as
sassinate MCGEE; that the conspirators, forty
in number, drew lots, and the execution OF the
deed fell to Whelan.
"A lawyer in California, it is stated, recent
IL received fee of s100 00O being one-fourth
of the value of the property recovered. The
decision of other suits similar as to claim and
title and in which kis interest is the same, will
increase the fees to half million.
The scheme for colonizing the Pacific coast
with unmarried females from the Eastern
States has, it is reported, been successful.
Two hundred women, taken by the protector
to Washington Territory, were married and
provided with comfortable homes in two weeks
after their arrival.
The services at the Church Of the Redemp-
tion in New York were stopped on Sunday by
order of Bishop Potter, and the senior warden
still remains garrisoned within, supported by
body Of police. Its pastor, Rev. Mr.. Scott,
secured the use Of hall in Cooper Institute,
where his congregation attended largely.
"A Jersey City paper states that two men in
that city made wager on the result OF the
recent election, one betting the sum OF five dol
lars Against the wife of the other. The man
who put up the money won, and demanded the
wife. The husband was inclined to pay his
bet but the lady demurred, and drove the
claimant from the house with great vigor.
in France, it is announced that the people
have begun the manufacture OF opium. When
the plant reaches a sufficient size the stem is
tapped, and tho juice exudes into small YES
sci placed to receive it. Much Juice, it is said,
was at first lost, owing to rain, but the plants
were afterwards pulled up and placed under
cover, with the roots in water, when they were
tapped advantageously.
Horace Greeley sums up, as the result Of q
number of years investigation and observation
Of spiritualism, that the thing itself is inexpl-
cable: that men and women have not been
made better by it; on the contrary, have grown
lax in their notions of marriage, divorce and
moral purity, and that the aggregate OF insani-
ty and suicide has been increased by spiritual
ism. A good many others will agree with
him.
The following advertisement, in an Eng
lish paper, shows how the ingredients of some
of the delicate sweetmeats Of that kingdom
are Obtained: ;'Confectioners.-To be sold
chesp, several cwt. of orange peel, in, good
condition; the advertiser having the contract
for the sweepings Of all the metropolitan the
atres and places Of amusement, is in position
to treat for it on unusually advantageous terms.
Address -"
The oyster statistics Of the Chesapeake are
given by Baltimore paper. 1t appears that
the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries now
Weld eleven million bushels of these delicious
biyalres annually. Over two-thirds of the trade
goes to Baltimore. Seventy houses are en-
gagged in the business, which gives employ
ment to fifteen thousand persons-men, wo-
men and children. There are seventeen hum
dred boats. averaging fifty tons each, and
about three thousand canoes, engaged III
dredging and tonguing for oysters.
The New York Times says: "In mis- recent
speech at Charleston, according to The NEWS
report, Hon. Mr.. Ashley said he expected to
see the day when a colored man would be elec-
ted to Congress from South Carolina, and
wnen that should occur he intended to vote for
the first black man there as Speaker of the
House. Such pledge as this indicates with
good deal of accuracy the amount Of fintellec-
tual and moral craftsmanship which MIR. Ash
ley brings to the public service. Mr.. Ashley,
in the same speech, said it was perfectly we'll
known that, If any but a Southern man had
been vice-Presideat, Mr.. Lincoln would not
have been assassinated. This is not the first
time that Mr.. Ashley has put this very calun-
NOUS and cowardly assertion before the pub
ic"
in Paris, the 'Hotel des Lnvalides" con-
tains Napoleon's veterans, and at present there
are in it about nine hundred and forty inmates
who served under Napoleon I. Of that num-
ber more than hundred and fifty have lost
limbs, and few are blind. One has lost botf
fore arms, ard uses with surprising dexteritY 6
couple OF hooks fastened to his stumps. About
sixty wear the military medal, and nearly two
hundred are decorated with the Cross of the
Legion of Honor. There are thirty inmates
whose services date from the first republic