The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-12
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Gold closed in New York weaker at 42.
Cotton at New York closed more active at
a halo. better; sales $500 bales at 2Ota21c.
In Liverpool cotton was bouyant Uplands
81 on the spot, 81 to arrive.
Judge Jameson, Of Chicago, in suit for
$500, has recovered $500 against certain State
officers OF Nebraska and the proprietors of the
Omaha Republican, for legal opinion.
us. C. Abbott, the author of the "Iife OF
Napoleon" Is engaged on "Life of General
Grant" The blood that was shed in Grants
battles will be as nothing to the ink which the
biographer will shed in their description.
"A baggage car on the westward bound
train Of the Pittsburgh and Chicago Road
caught fire, Wednesday evening, by sparks
from the locomo tive, q short distance west OF
Fort Wayne, and was entirely consumed. It
was loaded with baggage, express goods, and
a corpse. Nobody hurt.
Dickens, though attended and vouched
for by Sumner, was refused entrance to the
floor of the Senate, during the hours Of ses-
sion, on Wednesday last; and Sumner and all
the other toadies are indignant at "honest"
Ben Wade, who enforced the rules.
The women who edit The Revolution think
that Theodore Tlton, with his long locks and
graceful sweetness, represents the ancient
Graces and modern Miss Nancies; and that
Susan B. represents Juno and Minerva and the
strong minded; that gentle Tilton ought to
have been woman and Susan man.
The Paris correspondent Of the London
Morning Post quoting from the Konigsburg
Gazette informs us that the Governor OF Ka-
zan has Just licensed theatre in that semi
Tartar city, on the express condition that sat
least once week. the manager shall give q
performance of such nature that it shall be
sspossible" for mother to take her daughter
to see it.
During the past year the ruling families of
Europe have been increased by eleven births
flour boys and seven girls), and three mar
riages-those OF King George Of Greece with
the Grand Duchess Olga Of Russia; Of Count
Philip Of Flanders, brother to the King OF
Belgium, with the Princess Mary of Hohenzol-
lern-Sigmaringen; and Of Don Carlos, infante
OF Spain, with the Princess Margaret OF
Parma.
The Ways and Means Committee Of Con-
eress has concluded to fx the tax upon chew
ing and smoking tobacco at thirty-two cents
per pound, reduction Of eight cents from the
existing 1mpost. The tobacco is to be made
ND for retail in one and two-ounce packages,
and upon each package is to be placed the nee
esssry one or two cent stamp, and without this
stamp the tobacco will be subject TO seizure
and forfeiture.
General howard, Commissioner OF the
Freedmens Bureau, has issued q circular let
ter, directing that all officers of the bureau be-
low the rank Of Major, who were ordered to be
mustered Cut on the 1st Of January last, be re-
tanned end placed upon the rolls, and be paid
salary as agents, which is s170 a month. He
has also assigned certain disbursing officers to
Kentucky, to pay the back pay OF colored SOL
diers, and invested them with authority as OH
cers Of his bureau.
The members Of the Iowa Legislature hav-
ing voted themselves forty copies OF daily pa
pers, some Of them, to show their gratitude to
their constituents, and to do handsome
thing, caused the Des Moines State Register to
be sent to their friends, but the Iowans, not
understanding it, have refused 10 receive them.
'They hadn't subscribed for that paper, and
they wasn't agoin' to pay for it." The pro-
prietors have published statement explain
ing the generosity Of their legislators, and in
viting the people to take hold.
The number Of the soSereigns Of Europe
ia thirty-eight, viz: Three emperors, the Sui
tan, the Pope, ten kings, two queens, six
Rrand-dukes, FIVE dukes, and ten princes. The
Oldest Of these is the Pope, who is seventy
five. After him come the King of Prussia and
the Duke of Anhalt, both OF whom are over
seventy. The average age OF the European
sovereigns is forty-four years, and twenty-five
Of them have already exceeded that age. -Four
sovereigns are unmarried beside the Pope,
namely, the King Of Bavaria, the Duke OF
Brunswick, and the two Princes Of Lichten-
stein and Reuss (senior Ine).
in Paris this winter sledges have been more
numerous than formerly; some Of them are
fantastic and even artistic in their decorations.
The deni-nonde, as usual, take the lead in this
locomotive novelty; their sledges are some
times adorned with arefully-modelled swan,
Hying oupids, grotesque dragons, and such
conoeits as appear to have their origin in Rus
sian models. The fair drivers adopt coqusttish
hats and expensive furs, and certainly obtain
the main object in view, namely, conspicuous
notoriety. The carriages OF the aristocracy
drive round the frozen waters, and in elegant
toilettes the ladies walk down to the borders Of
the lake and watch the animated scene. The
Emperor and the court visit the Bois de Bou-
logne daily. The Seine continues to present
the same snowy-white aspect, and the thick
ness OF the ice has considerably increased.
"A letter from Tauris, Of the 18th Novem-
ber, in the Moniteur, gives some details of the
marriage Of Mosaffer Eddin Mira, heir to the
throne of Persia The prince is only sixteen
years old, and the princess of the same age.
The princess occupied thirty-three days in her
iourneyfrom Teheran to Tauris. The cortege was
preceded by about hundred beasts OF burden,
horses, mules, or oamels, carrying servants,
carpets, tents, and the outfit OF the bride; then
followed number Of led horses covered with
magnif cent housings, and next the carriage
containing the princess, who was Invisible to
all eyes behind the mahogany blinds. Tho
procession was accompanied by violins, trump
eta snd tambouripes. mingling their sounds
with the military band sent from Teheran.