The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-19
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GRADES: low grades better; Sales ooVo paoS' wv
middlings 2S3; uplands Al.
No reports from Liverpool on account
the elections.
General Mcclellan, it is said' intends TO 10
side. permanently in Roboken.
--cutta percha houses are suggested 1o'
earthquake countries. -
Weston now intends to walk FIVE thousane
miles in one hundred days for $40, 600.
The New York hotels complain OF shor'
supply of guests just now ,, ,u,
The Democrats Of Yazoo City, Miss, nave
established school for the children OF coioreo
mo, who voted the Democratic ticket.
Tho problem for modistes nowi gar
nent that will permit females TO bestr1de the
velocipede. .u :,
-AIarfori, the favorite of Queen Isabella OF
Spain. has been dismissed. His place IS no"
occupied by Count Espelato, belonging 10 one
of the first families OF Navarro.
The South Americans say it is the hrst
shock of an earthquake that always does the
most damage. The subsequent ones are never
80 destructive.
The new government of Spain is decidedly
changing the national policy. Complete hoer-
tv Of the press is decreed, the court for the
trial OF press offences is abolished. and the
scen,ors of literary and dramatic works have
been discharged.
BRAZIL keers a standing offer Of eight
thousand dollars in gold to any one who Will
invent a mode of preserving beef so that it will
he suitable for expectation, and though four
hundred processes have been put in competi-
,-tion for this prize, none have yet rccaivedlt.
Late fashion plates from Paris show that
the toes OF sertlemen's boots and shoes are
being made quite broad and quite square again.
This style will look little odd when hrst IN
.sroduced, but in respect to comfort it is tar su
.per;or to that of the sharp-pointed toes now In
vogue.
MIR. Pollard, in an article on StonewaA
jackson in Putnam's Monthly for December,
states that he once recommended night at
tack to be made by assailants striped naked
and armed with Bowie knives, suggesting that
the novelty aud terror Of such an apparition
would paralyze the enemy.
-Mapy of the churches in England are re
storing the orchestra to the musical portion OF
the service. The Bishop OF London having
!. lately heard country band perform the ser
vice in church, expressed his great pleasure
thereat, and it is limited that the Queen wishes
10 have the same feature introduced into her
chapel.
The semi-ceatennial anniversary OF the
establishment cf the order Of Odd Fellows IN
the United States will occur on the 26tn OF
April next. The event will be celebrated BY
national fete in Philadelphia. The programme
includes On immense procession OF members Oh
the order in full regalia. A committee OF the
Grand Ledge ia already engaged in the worh Oh
making preparations.
"A singular case has just come before the
French tribunals. A young girl eleven years
of age attempted successfully thu life OF her
mother and sister, for the solo purpose OF
drinking their blood. The child has been eS-
amined By competent physicians, and proved
to be attacked by the strange mania OF anthro-
pophaey. Her extreme youth leads the physi-
clans to hope that her cure may be accom-
:ptshed.
The display OF meteors on Friday night
was witnessed in all parts of the United States,
from Massachusetts to California. Our dis
matches state that the shower was far more
brilliant than the display Of last year. A cable
telegram announces that grea:. preparations
were made in England for the observance OF
the meteors on Friday night, but the heavens
were so obscured by clouds that none were
visible. Saturday night, however, brilliant
display was witnessed at Oxford University.
The cause OF the dissolution Of the o.d
publishing house Of Tlcknor Fields IS said
.by ABoston paper to have been disposition
ON the part Of Mr. Hcknor, who has literary
rather than business tastes, to write Tor other
publications than their own, and to announce
himself as correspondent and critic, which was
not agreeable to his partners. Mr. Ticknors
interest was one:half, and the sum withdrawn
by him on retiring from the firm is Said to
have been from s25O,OOO to 100000. From
which it would appear that the business OF
publishing at 'sthe Hub" is not bid business.
jim Washington City on Friday last meet
ing of citizens interested in The air line rail-
road to New York, and its connection with the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, so as to form q
11lroCt luC W tIO NSoei N"o hSAu' AAS A-oH
prominent capitalists attended. A committee
of fifteen was appointed to take the necessary
action to procure charter for all the railroads
the city's interests require, and also to prevent
.be collection of the exorbitant tax on feigh,s
now imposed by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. The mesting wss enthusiastic. The
demonstration is regarded as highly impor
tant.
Somehow the Western cities, though grow
ing in population and elegance with the rapid
ty of Alladin's palace, do not wear WE'LL bu
soon reach the turning point in their career
The last notable instance on record is that
Cincinnati. Not only has the population de
creased, but property has greatly depreciate'
for want of occupants. Manufactures are a
most at stand-stil; not o locomotive, steam
boat engine, hull, cabin, or sugar mill bein!
under way. Failures have lately been frequent
and business OF all kinds is languishing TO
lack of patronage. AS yet her sister city o
Chicago preserves her onward career, but Ii
q few years there is but little doubt she VII
also have reached her growth. The only spe
cific for preserving d long and healthful life t.
q city is easy access to sea water, and although
the wants of rapidly developing county ma
bnJ]d ND for time these interior trade cen