The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-06

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son and ss sIa
coyle, pub,is},.s igencer in Wsgh-
ington, fol about g week after tho expiration OF
his term when it is expected they will go to
Baltimore, in pursuance of the promise made
to the committee Of the councils of that city. @
San Francisco has had a wedding that. for
extravaganza in dress, wealth Of outfit, and
value of presents, sustains her ambition to
rank second only to New York among the cities
of America. The bride was the daughter OF q
merchant prince, Mr.. Friedander, known as
the 'Grain King" The bridegroom was the
son of DR.. Bowie, leading physician. The
strousseau cost $40, 900. and was full and magni-
hcent beyond that OF any former California
bride. The presents, besides $150.00O from the
father, amounted to $40, 1000 In jewelry and gold
and silver service. 4. i
The Siamese Twins are hardly the fashion
this time in London. On their last visit every
body went to see them, and Lord Lytton (then
Sir e. Bulwer), made use OF their name and
their singular tie to satirize English society.
The press now speaks Of the exhibition with 4
nnconcealed disgust. The twins are old men.
and their wrinkles and worn features make the
spectacle some degrees more repulsve than
before. One OF the journals wanted the police
to prevent them from appearing in public; but
tine zeal for the proprieties has hardly reached
such a pitch as yet, and the suggestion was
laughed at. An ingenious adnirer seeks to
popularize them by announcing that s1they
were Shareholders, enthusiastic Southerners,
and lost largely by the collapse Of the South
As twin Confederates, it is surnised they have
"A peculiar claim upon English sympathy. la
Late East Indian papers give accounts Of
the violent earthquake which shook various
parts of Bengal between January 10 and II.
1t was most severely felt in Cachar and Assam.
Th earthquake was felt as Tar west of Calcutta
as Dinapore. Cachar, where it was most se-
we're, is on the line Of volcanic action which,
stretching from the Eastern Fimalayas, runs
down the coast OK Burmah, where there are
several extinct volcanoes, to the Eastern Arch 3
ipelago, where volcanic phenom ana on q large
scale are OF frequent occurrence At the latter
place the earth seemed agitated by great
wave. rising in swell twenty feet high, toss-
ing trees and buildings about, and making
the hills reel as the convulsion passed. The
river changed itsfCourse and ran upwards for
san hour, tossing the water fifty feet into the
air and forming numerous water spouts. The,
earth opened inhundreds OF places, vomiting
mp volumes OF blue sand and water and en-
gulfng houses, cattle and mon, in some cases
closing over Whist it had swallowed, and in
others remaining in yawning abysses, showing
the roofs Of houses twenty feet below the sur
face. The convulsion was felt over all Of Lower
Bengal at the same time and continued with
slight shocks for several days. ~
.--~Ihe burning Of the steamer Nittie Ste
. phens, in Red River, on the night OF the 1sts
instant, involving the loss of large number or
lives, has been mentioned. Further details
by mail represent the scene as truly heartrend-
ing. The hour. OF midnight had Just been
chimed by the clock when the pilot discovered
signs of Ara on the forecastle, where. it seema:s
large quantity OF hay had been slowed.
Four quick, successive taps Of the bell gave
the alarm to the crew. That alarm was the
kneil that summoned sixty-one souls to meet
lthoir Maker. Exertions almost superhuunan
were made by the mon, but all to no pnrpoae.
I Nearly one hundred frantic, terror stricken
people-men. women and children were col
leeted on the after guard, with the flames bis-
sing and cracking behind an ] the prospect
offs watary grave before then,, Here fathers
oould be seen hunting for their wives end
children, wlves for their husbands, end chill
.dren for their parents. amid the shrieks and