The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-16
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Florida incGnes an attentive ear to the propo-
sal
-Parson Brownlow is said to be SO great an
invalid that he has to be carried about 40 a
ohs;r.
The Kentucky bluegrass region" this
winter exported s2,0OO,0O0 worth OF mules to
the South.
The smallpox is said to prevail alarm
ingly at st. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and
Chicago.
Wealthy Cuban families who have arrived
in New York, say that it is not safe for any per-
son to remain in Cuba.
Flour is said to be exported from the Unit
ed States to Glasgow, made into biscuits, and
in that shape sent back.
Five Tennessee newspapers have already
hoisted the name of Andrew Johnson for
Governor.
The chief part OF the valentines this year
relate to the Grecian Bend, love-making and
;velocipedes.
An Indiana paper reports large immigra-
ton from other States of anxious seekers after
divorces.
Brigham Young is said to be not too
,saintly" to avoid msking 8, 900, 900 out OF his
Pacific Railroad contracts.
in New York steam fire engine has been
placed on steamer so as to be useful at
fires near the wharves.
"A correspondent writes that one trouble
about Mexico is. that with plenty OF silver
mines she has no money.
The Louisville Journal objects to female
suffrage, because it would create too much
'spairing off" at the polls.
The first steamboat on Great Salt Lake,
Utah, has commenced running. She is fifty
feet long, by ten feet beam, and has side
wheels
-Disuse Of envelopes is becoming fashion
able in Paris. The sheet on which tho letter
is written IS folded in the old styles that was
in vogue before envelopes were invented.
"A Paris letter OF the Esd ult. says that
:.Jeff Davis, now in Paris, is suffering from an
attack of heart disease, Which prevents him
from going on to Nice at present. He is under
medical treatment"
The political troubles in Cuba are having a
very decided effect on the sugar market at New
York. Prices have advanced nearly one cent
per pound since Tuesday, with large pur-
chasos on speculative account.
-John R. Branner, lato President OF the
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, died al
Messy Creek. Tennessee, last week, OF apo
plexy ps Is is SAID that in 1851 Mr.. Branner
saved .holice of President Johnson. General
Hindman vas at Knoxville with troops, and
number we've detailed to go to Grcenvile to
capture andy; but Branner so managed the
trsins that the expedition vas not success.
1t 10 reported that The cultivation of the
poppy plant will be introduced into Louisiana.
A French gentleman at Natchitoches, it is
stated, has announced his intention Of plant
ing in the spring of 1859 several acres Of pop
pies, and of manufacturing opium. 1t Is as
serted that on acre of poppies will make fifty
pounds of opi1n, worth fifteen to twenty dol
lors pound, at cost less than four dollars
q pound for manufacturing, and that one man
can cultivate three acres.
General Grant, upon being interrosated
by one OF tho Inauguration committee, stated
TINT under no consideration would he ride to
the capital in company with President John
son. The reason assigned was that johnson
had attacked his (Grants) veracity, and lie
could not, therefore, recognize him. President
johnson, however, does Lot propose to meddie
in the affair." ard he is lot likely to push him
self into the society Of General Grant, the cen
tempt in the case being mutual.
IT was an unlucky day for John Chinaman
when he vas born with different skin from
the negro. For now he is to be prccludol
from tho rights OF citizenship, as well as the
three hundred thousand men Of the plains, in
spite Of the new Burlingamo treaty and the
reiterated protess:o:s OF 1lniTesal humanity.
Senator Corbe!t of Oregon, has moved that
uChinamen not born in the United States, and
Indians not taxed shall 1ot be deemed ma!e
citizens" Anything bat the Monsuls and
their almond-shaped eyes
The rem rkab'o midness OF the present
winter extends over both Europe aud America
Paris has been experiencing quite summer
weather and in the south Of England cherries
were gathered IN the middle of December,
primroses and other flowers we're in full bloom,
and rosebuds ready to unfold their petals, were
seen in ma, gardens on Christmas day, while
the br,ls Wy busy nest-buildng. Russia $
an exception to the rule. Tie weather thcre
is severe, aud Snow storms have been very
heavy. II 81. Petersburg it .w:s twelve feet
deep and accounts from th@ provinces state
that whole villages are buried under the drifts.
The Rouud Tatle says: "We hear that
Mons. a. Chevalier, an experienced French
eronaut, is iu this city and proposes to make
voyage to Europe in Aplil or MEy next, In IN
: air ship call L'Esperance, ninety-fve feel
high, one hundred and fifty feet in diameter
,. and requiring twenty thousand cubic feet ol
gas to initiate it. Attached is an enclosed car
capable Of CARING fifty persons and ten days
provisions. We hope Mons. Chevalier may
succeed in inducing forty-nine Of our mos
taIkative senators and representatives to &C
company him on his experimental trip. L
the gas rurs short they will be eminently use
YnI. aud should tho ship and crew be engulph
ed in the Atlantic, or carried off to the moon
well, our glief would not be altogether incon
solable."
"A New York letter of the 18th inst. says
s'Within the past few days merchants gene
rally report marked Improvement in city
trade; heavy purchases of dry goods hard
ware, boots and shoes, groceries, drugs and