Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-07
News of the Day.
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS.
GoLp closed in New York yesterday at
1879.
JERUSALEM has only twenty-five thou
sand inhabitants.
Ia QUEEN VICTORIA has over thirty tons OF
silver and gold plate. s'-
LOUISVILLE has trotting mule which
has made mile in 2.2l.
Rents in Newburn, N. c., are only one
tenth as high as two years ago.
"HIsToRIcUs," who is much derided by all
the London papers except the Times, has a
rival in "Hystericus" of the Pail Mall Ga
xette. ''ts e
The manufacture of cotton has begun, in
Utah. Brigham Young has cotton facto-
ry at Salt Lake City called the Deseret
Mills, seW TrsqfE, 7gV5
Mr.. J. EDWARDS HANER, young Ameri-
can pianist. has recently appeared, with
marked success, before critical Paris au-
dience.
A MINER, who lately came from Virginia
1 City, says that vegetation is so scarce in
that region that 'two mullen stalks and
bunch of thistles is called a grove"
THE Turkish Sultan is asserted to be
man Of brutal and violent temper, smash
ing pier glasses when in a passion, and
throwing anything at hand at the heads of
his attendants.
A NORTHERN man attending an auction
sale in Georgia, thoughtlessly bid SCI for
four hundred and ninety-one acres of land,
- 20 ua
wants to sell it now.
The bridge now in process of erection
over the Mississippi at st. Louis involves
an experiment hitherto untried. The CELL
tral span is to be 515 feet between the abut-
ments, and the other two 497 feet respect
lively. No span of 500 feet now exists in
the world. Steel is to be largely used in
the structure.
A DIsPUrE occurred on Saturday, at Tus-
cumbia, Ala, between Robert Cunning
3 ham, late of the rebel army, and Mr.. Col
lins, of the Union army, relative to the
Arkansas election. Cunningham drew a
revolver, but. before he could use it, Collins
shot him, killing him instantly. Collins
surrendered himself.
GEORGE B. VAsHoN, a gentleman of col
or, learned in the law, applied for admission
to the bar in Pittsburg, last summer. A
decision against his application was given
in the Court of Common Pleas at that city,
on Monday. Two Judges concurred in the
exclusion, one solely on the ground of col
or and the other on the technical ground of
Noncompliance with certain rules of the
court.
The most sensational of the Lent preach
ers in Paris this year is said to be Mon
signor Bauer, the Protonotaire Apostolique,
who was brought up in the Israelitish
faith, and who exhibits an impassioned fer
vor which attracts large and tas hionable
audiences. He is an especial favorite with
the Empress, through whose influence a
pulpit at the Madeleine has been placed at
his disposal.
THE Queen of the Belgians wants to sue
ceed Eugene as Empress of Fashion. AT
recent ball at the Belgian Court, she ap-
pears to have delighted the eyes of behold
ers by dress of white gauze, covered with
small puffs, with an ornament of green vel
vet in each hollow the bottom of the skirt,
and the corsage trimmed with wreaths of
green velvet, worked with gold; stomach
er, necklace and crown of diamonds.
THE French Empress, at recent recep-
tion at the 1uileries, was attired altogether
In black, with clusters of diamonds on the
shoulders and along the sides of the dress.
An anchor in brilliants in the hair held in
place black aigrette to match the rest OF
the toilet. ALI the ladies present were like
xr;, In The m ha dop
left off full mourning and put on half. The
mourning was for the late ex-King of Ba-
Yaria.
CALIFORNIA numbers one insane person
to every six hundred of its population. By
far the largest percentage of cases is di-
rectly traceable to the absence of family
ties, and the unbridled license which pre-
walls. Another great cause of lunacy there
is said to be the conflict of land titles and
the disappointment resulting therefrom
There is hardly a land holder in the State
who has not had his possessions imperilled
by conflicting titles. ssns
AN English envoy recently visited the
Grand Lama of Thibet. He found him to
be handsome boy of thirteen. The Lama
asked if his sovereign was well, whether
his country prospered, and whether he
was in good health /; and receiving an offer
ing of silks, sweet-meats and money,
bowed him out. This Lama is the thir-
teenth transmigration, and the last of
series of transmigrations from one Lama
Guru. Political changes may therefore
= be looked for in Thibet at the close of his
career.
-. THE Richmond Enquirer says that gem
tleman in that city recently purchased
some oysters from York river boat; at
tached to and imbedded in the shell of one
of them, he encountered metallic SUBJ
stonce. This oyster he carried home, and
there proceeded to break it to pieces with
hammer, when he found that it contained
q French gold coin, known as Louis dor,
of the value of about Sl4, bearing date 1873.
1t is probable that it was lost overheard
from the French fleet, during the siege of
Yorktown. s,s- ,ftf-sst
-isI A NEW gunpowder, called the "Schultze
RI POWDER" lately invented by German ar
tillery officer of that name, is being at pres
ent tested by the French War Department,
and those of several other European ma
. tions. It is entirely white, and projects
shot with equal force by use of but half
the quantity of the present powder. 1t has
the further advantage of neither leaving a
residue Of burnt powder in the gun, nor
even soiling it. 1t makes but little smoke,
and rebounds very slightly. 1t also heats
: the gun less than common gunpowder. II
burnt on white paper it leaves no noticeable