The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-11

much Of parent. he was presented with
nine boys and FIVE girls the same morning.
Silver and golden anklets for ladies are
about to become fashionable. They will be
WORN outside the stockings.
! Patti appears on the play bills as the
"Marquise de Caux." Her husband is not 30
sillSua to beashamed his wife's business.
An aged Bombay potentate, Chimunlaljee
: ,Maharsy, married girl Of ten years, snd paid
twenty thousand rupees for his bride.
a--Napoleon is making so many French SEN
iators Of small calibre, that the French are be-
ginning to call the Senate the Second Hotel
des Invahdes.n 2 s. . ''e'csh. p - : 80
Mr.. Dickens is said by English papers to
hsye cleared s2s0,ooO by his visit to this coun-
try. For his next (and hst) readings in En-
gland he is to get $4,000.
The proprietor Of New York lager-beer
saloon admonishea his customers by placard:
-ssNo money lent in sums less than one million
dollars, undar any circumstances"
1t is becoming fashionable to taketoai in the
daytime in France, and lovers of the ''cup that
cheers but not inebriates" hope soon to see The
French drink tea instead Of wine at breakfast.
There is q story in the Baltimore Gazette's
Washington letter that the spirit Of Lincoln
has appeared at the White House and INDUCED
several times in the ll-knoHn laugh OF the
deceased. 81, -
"A young woman in Elizabeth, New Jersey,
has obtazAed verdict OF four thousand dol
lars damsges assinst her father, for alleged
ISLANDERS against Her character and chastity.
Thsretwss . astep-mother in the case. seasssT
LIN 1855 Grant l'.saw with regret the action
Of any officer Of the army taking a conspicu-
.ons part; in the political discussions OF the
day.nse This is one Of the few opinions he ever
IMPRESSED, and lis painful 70 see that he has
tosetract 1t now.saa - -; 80. ~
THE '.Zephyrina" ise the name OF thao last
issaed, hoop skirt. It is said to be q, marvel
0fEghtness, feetness, fe1ibihty and tenae,ty;
and one Of the shopkeepers publicly anncun-
sthst il makes the ladiesfeel as though they
had nothing on. ~ -, -
is stated that on the occasion OF the late
, review Of the. National Guard by the Emperor
thHre we're very large number of secret police
sSSsnts scattered among some battalions 70 re-
press hostile demonstrations and lead the ap-
plsuse; ALSO that two batteries of artillery were
kept In reserve. and that the regular soldiers
were armed and ready to act if occasion re-
quired.. -
AZ at meeting OF the London Medical 30
ciety, Dr.. Blake, distinguished practitioner,
said that he, was able to cure the most des-
perate case of toothache, unless the disease
was connected with rheumatism, by the ap-
epaieatlon OF the following remedy Alum, re-
.Sueedto an impalpable powder, two drachms;
nitrous spirits Of ether, seven drachms; mix
and apply to the tooth. o-.il 11a a,i. -.
Berlin is said to be excited rnatrimouially.
Ayoung lady came from there to this country
last July, She, sent home intelligence that she
:, became engaged during the voyage to natu-
.,sslized american, who, togsthsr with hishand,
Il qbEmought her a fortune, OF forty thousand dol
larsp Besides this, she says the young man is
:possessed OF three houses and q wholesale tea
and coffee store in Philadelphia, and that the
bridal present was magnificent. This letter,
now circulating almost from house to house,
has excited the Berlin maidens, inclined to
matrimony, to such degree that they can
scarcely wait. for spring to emigratc to q
country where such wealthy husbands are 10
be found. -
The velocipede mania in France shows no
sign Of relapse. Races with these machines
are now a fayorite amusement with the French
people. At recent trial Of speed at Enghien,
near Paris, two-wheeled and three-wheeled
velocipedes were tried against each other.
The competitors were stout young fellows,
wearing loose coats and tall boots, and the
course, which was about mile and furlong
in length, was in part over stone-paved
road. The two wheeled velocipede was the
-,winner-the distance being covered in four
minutes, twenty-five seconds, whilo The three
wheeled veloclpede was long distance be-
hind-hand. Crowds OF people lined the en-
tire course, and loudly cheered the victori-
ous charioteer as hs passed the winning post.
The velooipede has made its appearance il
New York.
"A monument commemorative Of the long
and unsuccessful struggles Of t1e Poles for
national independence was uncovered at Rap
perswyI, Canton st. Gall. Switzerland, on Au-
gust 18th. Two hundred Poles and the same
number Of sympathizng friends marched in
procession to the monument, national air
was sung, the monument was uncovered, aud
twelve maidens in white deposited laurel
-wreaths at its base. Count Platter, the most