The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-21
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Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg, the opera sing
er, arrived in New York on Tuesday. in the
Russia, from Europe. -. -,~5J Ii.
-Cbambay, the Paris photographer, has dis
covered the long sought substitute for albumer
in preparing sensiii . paper. 20 ~ :. q
= Speaker Colfax is engaged to be married to
Miss Nellie Wade, niece. of Senator Wade, ol
Ohio. ,'sot .,'',i - = '4i'',l ,'ssts-.f = -
-ABoston paper says ssWaobserve several
patriots talking about the national debt who
do not appear atali soicitcus about the board
bills they owe il Boston.n :: s uii / j :. 8,
1t is reported ON good authority that the
next promotion toSthe Gariinalate win include
Dr.. Manning, Archbishop Of Westminster, and
possibly the Archbishop OF Paris oa'-
AT the great canned goods; establishment
atKeyport, N. j, six huadred Thousand bushels
OF tomatoes asecahned yearly: Recently yy1 sixty
thousand pineappiss; s;were landed. there, cut
up: steamed and canned .;',.a'.- -. ~. 40 20 80,
1t is estimated that the amount Of Ameri-
can securities held in Europe, including Uni:
ted States bonds, railroad and State stocks and
bonds, &C., reaches he'large sum of $685.. 400,
600. 80 80 ~ % ali ..1.c n .?iiia
The new style of pants will be small at the
bottom and large at the top; thus presenting a
direct contrast to the mic fashion ,fos the
other se1, which style may be considered up
side down. Il 81 :. So
The Utah papers are clamoring for "a
magnificent mammoth. hotel" in Salt Lake
CITY to accommodate the host Of travellers e1-
pect,d there when the Pacific Railroad trains
run. -r,lf,-SSs -, "a .;Y:,I.ls
1T is stated that III. de Champs, the French
Interpreter who accompanied the Chinese EN-
bassy, will return to Boston within few
months to ratify matrimonial engagement
made whilst the Embassy was there.
Cotton fabrics, made exclusively OF tax
paid cotton, according to srecent decision Of
the Commissioner OF Iternal Revenue, are en-
titled to drawback when the goods may be
exported; but if the fabric is made Of material
upon which part Of the tax has been paid, no
tax having been paid on the other part, no
drawback can be allowed. a s-
Mons. G. F. Crosette, the Frmch Consul
atxSan Francisco, and al present absent in
Europe, has been appointed Consul General OF
France for the Pacific coast. Hitherto the
only French Consulate General in the United
States has been at New York, where Baron
Gauldree Boileau has held the position for
many years.
The Philadelphia Age. speaking Of the re-
suit IN Maine. says: "The same proportion OF
change in the other States will not leave Grant
ten States in the Union. But it is not in the
NawEusland States that we expect the greatest
changes. It is fair to calculate that the rest OF
the States will exceed the emphatic change In
Maine at least fifty per cent" TT
eTA broad-shouldered German girl recently
met an exquisite on street crossing In Cincin-
pati, where one or the other must turn out
into the mud. The exquisite didn't care to
dirty his boots, and in an insulting manner
ordered the girl aside. Her reply was q blow
from.the shoulder, which sent the swell clean
or Ids feet into the mud, aud she calmly step
pedoyer his PROSTATE form, passing on dry
shod. -. -
Washington attorney gives Vermont
paper curious insight into the workings Of
the lobby in the Capitol. He says the lobby
lists are simply gamblers, who risk nothing
They have no influence whatever with Con-
gressmen except to prejudice them against any
claims they may favor. The. shrewdest ones
never go near Congressman, although they
NAV profess to the victim to. be manipulating
his claim, but they simply wait. and when the
claim is granted, although through no infu-
ence whatever Of their own, they quietly de-
mand their share. The writer gives several
amusing instances of the lodges they aim to
practice upon the ;unwary, in one OF which
slobbyman' attempted to represent himself
personally as Ben Butler. .-r s-s.-
"A New York letter of the 18th instant says:
The dry goods auctions to-day were not CHAR
acterized by much spirit. The attendance
Of the trade was comparatively mcagre, and
prices, as Q general rule, were hardly up to
the expectations Of sellers. Some Of the lead
ing makes of prints sold at half cent decline,
Notwithstanding the downward tendency Of
cotton fabrics; 60. Atlantic A brown sheet
ings are held by the leading jobfing houses
at fifteen cents. An extensive catalogue OF
French goods was offered by a leading firm.
1t passed off heavily, and prices were called
low. Another firm sold ribbons, satins, vel
vets, &C., with rather better results. No du-
plica!es were offered. There were two or
three other sales, but these presented no IN
usual feature.
The New York Journal Of Commerce says
with force: 'sHow completely Congress has
degenerated into mere partisan mschine, ap-
pears from the cell for September, session.
Senator Morgan appends his name to the call
as Chairman Union Republican Committee,
and Representative Schenck as Chairman
Republican Congressional Committee The
time was when, in documents Of this kind,
men thought it, only decent to hide the cloven
foot Of political 'rickery; but that is long past
Now. openly aud before ell the world, Congress
is convened by q pair of party whippers-in fol-
party purposes, and for nothing else. We only
wonder that Messrs. Morgan and Schenck did
not blurt out with equal frankness the precise
objects for which the power OF CONGRESS is in.
voked. They might just as well have said that
the Southern States have lately shown signs
of Independence Of Radical dictation, render.