The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-02
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S-Ilor0 were no markets. yesterday.
The cotton crop~in st. John the Baptist
irish, La., is estimated OF minimum Of four
Thousand bales.
The French authorities at Civita Yeccbia
have renewed the supplies Of the military hos
pital there for the whole year of 1869.
-ssIncompatibility Of temperament" it is
stated, brought Madeline Henriques back to
! the stage and deprived jennings of his wife.
\ III is reported that, in tho event Of repub-
lie being established in Spain, Portugal will
arm all her fortresses and the mouth of the
Tagus with rlfied cannon.
George Il. Rutter, president of theriate
Tennessee National Bauk, has been arrested
In Memphis on the charge Of embezzling $780,
900 Of the State School Fund.
THE Alabama claims, for which authenti-
Gated accounts are fled in the State Depart
mont, amount in all to something over eight
millions Of dollars.
The issue Of the two millions Of bonds in
aid OF the Chatham Railroad, granted by the
North Carolina Legislature, has been stopped
by writ Of injunction.
The New York Tablet announces chat near.
iy fit. thousand dollars have already been
secured i'll that city for the American College
in Rome.
= Senator Sumner says that tho subject of
the Alabama claims has never been considered
by the Committee on Foreign Relations, of
which he is chairman; and, further, that he
has never been able to ascertain officially the
1 exact status Of the pending negotiations.
lA The Richmond Whig says that influences
Arc at work among tho highest Virginia Cir
lcs to organize measures for the ending of
Wctlonal strife on the access ion Of the new
4 administration and lor the settlement OF any
national demand that may be made upon the
Syo:thern people.
S--Mr. Jonckes, of Rhode Island, intends to
1prcscnt Il bill extending the limit Of the opera
tions of the Bankrupt act, after the holiday
recess. He feels confident that the Senate will
agree'to pass it, and that with the aid of the
Southern members he will get it through the
House.
The Washington National Monument AS
sociation has appealed to the pastors OF all the
churches in the United States to take up col
lections on February 18th, the Sunday I'M
mediately preceding Washington's birthday
The object is to obtain funds to resume the
j. work, which has for somo time been sus-
pended.
"A New York letter says that Chief Justice
Chase, in conversation with reference to the
: effect Of the Presidents amnesty proclamation
! on Jefferson Davis case, intimated that the
z country had probably heard tho last OF that
case, but that if Davis would consult his own
sef-respect he would spend the rest Of his
days with his friends in e ,gland.
Norwegian felted boxes, for cooking, are
attracting great attention in London. The
food is placed upon the regular fire for short
time, and the dish is then removed and en-
closed in the feted box tor three or four hours,
by which time, it is asserted, the confined heat
completes the process of cooking The appa-
ratus is coming into use in England for shoot
ing parties and picnics, and is recommended
as admirably suited to the wants Of the poor
The following is put forth as the pro-
'gramme of Napoleon III to secure tho I'm
perial throne to his son: few days previous
to the general elections in June next, Napo-
leonis to abdicate in favor Of his son, and this
abdication is to be ratified by pelbiscite.
This move. it is thought by the Imperialists,
would bring out very full vote in the country
districts, and it would not only be ratified by
( an overwhelming majority but would also
secure the election Of the government candi-
/ dates in all the close and doubtful districts.
Z Tho establishment on the river Uruguay,
South America, for the manufacture Of Lcbig's
Extract Of Meat. it is stated has the largest
kitchen Ii the word. The building covers on
area of 10000 square feet, or nearly half an
8 acre. In one hall there are four meat cutters,
Which can dispose of 200 bullocks zach per
hour. There are twelve digesters, in which
the meat is boiled by steam. They can hold
altogether 144,0O0 pounds of beef. About
eighty oxen per hour are actually slau entered
for this immense manufactory Of meat ex-
tract.
The announcement has just been made to
the Royal Astronomical Society of England OF
the discovery, by means Of the spectroscope.
Z. OF hitherto unknown envelope OF gaseous
u matter surrounding the sun, OF thickness
"A or seven or eight thousand miles. Its precise
= composition has not yet been determined, but
will probably before long be ascertained. AT
the came time, MIR. Higgins, who has made so
many important discoveries in reference to the
composition Of tho heavenly bodies, by means
OF tho spectroscope, presented o communica-
tion stating that at least one comet contains
carbon in o state Of ignition.
Compressed air, it is asserted, will soon
oe used IN new Orleans as the motive power
OF the street cars, since the necessary machin-
u cry is rapidly approaching completion. At
n smospheric railways have heretofore proved
failures. The apparatus consists OF o cast-ron
tube OF about forty inches diameter, having a
Silt OF about two inches wide on it's upper side.
The slit is covered by flexible Zap or valve,
and furnishes an opening through which the
mechanism Of piston, working within the
+ cube, ls connected with the carriage. Two short
railroads on this plan were constructed in Eng
land, and one in Ireland, but the expense and
\ care necessary to keep tho tube and valve in
good working order were so great, that the al
mospheric machinery was soon abandoned.
The New York Times, OF Wednesday, re-
marks: IAN enlarged trade was noted yester-
Gay IN cotton at fractional advance in prices,
the reported sales making an aggregate Of
nearly 72oo bales. The estimated supply now
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