The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-16
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MIR. Swinburne will soon publish new vol
,nme Of poems.
MIR. Tennyson has a long poem ready for
publication.
in Paris hoops are no longer worn, and
skirts are either very long or very short.
To alter skirt gored closely about the
waist into the present fall style, put IN two fuh
widths behind, or put on separate pannier
over the waist.
"A curious double marriage took place N
Lexington, KY, the other day. The parties
were Colonel ChiIds and Mira. Graves. q son Of
the former and a daughter Of the latter.
Tho Church Monthly, an organ of the Eps-
copal,ans, in its October number, comes out
.squarely for Ritcalism, which, it says, Us
system that belongs to the church BY right OF
inheritance. 1t is no innovation, but resur-
rect:on from the dead"
The Cincinnati Commercial thinks we'll OF
the plan Of making s. T. Stewart Secretary OF
the Treasury, because if he did not find Inc
condition of the Treasury satisfactory, ne
might replenish it from his private funds and
might conclude to pay the national debt him
SELF aud have done With the dispute about it.
The rumored appointment Of an agent OF
the Provisional Government of Crete to reside
in the United States is attracting attention In
Washington. It is stated that for the last
three months no information regarding the
existence of Provisional Government, or of o
serious insurrection in Crete, has been receiv-
,ed. The appointment Of an agent is supposed
SO have originated with Cretan committee,
: having its headquarters at Athens.
"A French journalist, writing shortly before
the last Spanish revolution, sketches Queen
Isabella's por trait frankly, without fear or
Favor: She is thirty-eight, but looks older; has
Bourbon obesity and premature wrinkles;
round face, turned nose, small blue eyes,
highly colored complexion, 'short, swollen and
slightly scaly" hands, masculine manners and
voice, and dresses richly, but "looks Like
,>axeen in Sunday inery."
M. Caliste Saix, in communication to the
French Academy, describes method OF form
lnr diamonds which he is confident cannot
fail. A stream OF chlorine gas is passed over
fused cast iron, forming perohloride OF iron.
This vo,atilzes, and the carbon OF the metal
remains intact. The carbon then, the auth or
insists, must crystallizc and form diamonds.
One killogramme of iron will produce sixty
~erammes of Jewels, the, raw material costing
twenty frsncs, and the diamonds producing
.175, 600 francs.
"A contemporary says to get rats out Oh
houses there is nothing equal to good cat, but
she must not be handled by children, or any
other person; must be fed rather sparingy at
regular times, and as much as possible on
fresh meat, and usualls by the same person.
She will soon become accustomed to such CIR
cumstances, will answer the call OF this person,
who can change her about to different parts OF
the house-as night in the attic, night IN
the cellar, and 80 on. When treated In this
way she will be rather shy and wild, but will
soon become q terror to rats.
The New York Times says: "This season
cotton is coming forward rapidly, and in large
quantities. Since the opening of the cotton
wear, on the first Of the past month, up to
the end of last week, over $1,000 bales were re-
.ceived at this port, which is 25,OOO bales more
than we're received for the corresponding peri
cd Of last year. The exports to Europe, thus
far, are also much larger than they we're for
the same time last year. This is great ad-
vantage both to the North and the South-fur-
nishing the South with money, and keeping
our commercial exchanges OF the North in good
condition.
The rates Of taxation in the United States
in the years 1860 and 1868 will be given in in
teresting table, now in course of preparation
by the Bureau of Statistics at Washington.
The exact figures, supported by documentary
proof and going into minute details. will ap-
pear in the tables when published. The rough
estimates are as follows In 1859 the Federal
tax paid by the people Of the United States
was s56, 900, 600; the State tax sA, 900 600, and
county, town. special and other taxes $54, :
600 OOO-making total Of s1S4, ,OOO, 900, or about
s4S2 for each individual. In 1868 the amount
of Federal tax was $780, 900, 600; State tax s75,-
000,0 0,0oo. and the county, town, special and other
taxes s276 000 000-making a total of $751;
1000. 1000, or s23 for each person in the United
States.
An article in the Revue Moderne, Of Paris,
"Opens up an old French idea, which was also
''Napoleonic idea"-that Of making Paris a
seaport by o canal to Roueu and Hayre via the
Seine. It was one OF vauban's projects, and it
was encouraged by Louis XIV and Louis XVI,
by Napoleon I, by Charles x and Louis
Philippe. The present projectors say that large
ocean steamers could reach Paris by canal, TAX
ing the freight OF that city and the coal at
Havre. 1t is proposed that government shall
guarantee AZ per cent. to the Canal Company,
and that the excess Of the proceeds over 6per
cent. be kept down by reduced rates. The
writer, E. Sageret, says that on the day when
an ocean steamer should reach the quay al
Paris, the French marine need no longer envy
the English, but take for its motto Ftuctuatne
inergHur. Remarkably enough, the ancient
-blazon of the City of Paris is ship. The
quays Of the Seine-the finest in the world
would seem to have been adapted in advance
to that idea of a grand metropolitan canal,
which would be one of the most arduous mo-
dern achievements in that line.
"A heavy verdict has just been rendered in
Chicago against Foster Blodgett, the Radical
leader in Augusta, Ga. The facts in this case.
as alleged by the plaintiff, are given in the
Chicago Republican as follows: During the