The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-05

"A partial reconstruction Of the Spanish ,Cabi
net has been effected. Msrtas is Foreign Secie
tary, and Figuerola Minister OF Finance.
s : The superintendent Of the Georgia State
road declares that after this year the road viii
pay all the expenses OF the State government.
-AG the Agricultural and Mechanical Fair
he'd recently at staunton, Virginia, Benjamin
Smith, negro, was awarded the first premium
for the best specimen Of barrels.
'l-Yt costs royalty something to travel. The
Empress Eugene thinks she can make her trip
from Paris to Cairo Egypt, about as far as from
New York to omaha) for 100000.
Count Bismarck's income is computed at
about Ss5 coo, derivable from his various estates
and ofnces. To this must be added the not incon-
siderable item of free ministerial residence in
Berlin, and table money.
The State Department has received in:elli-
.gence of the loss OF the whaling schooner Susan
A. Smith, OF Boston, with the captains wife and
two children, and all the officers and crew except
the eaptaln and four men.
: "A survey of the Suez Canal shows that it is in
Its shallowest parts but twenty feet deep; there
fore the steamer Agle, on which the Empress
Eugenie intended going through 1t, cannot make
the passage as 1t draws more than twenty feet.
The Empress, however, insists on making the
trip, even II new survey proves that lighter
vessel will be necessary.
--Fhe London Times money article Of yesterday
comments on the increasing importation of wheat
from the United States, and in view Of competi-
ton with Russia and Central Europe, when rail-
ways in that quarter are fully developed, sug-
gests as the great questions for the United States
to consider, the reduction OF frelghts and the en-
largement Of communications with the Aissis-
sippi.
A French paper reports that ''the most bril-
liant OF the stars Of song," by which every one
win recognize the Marquis de Caux, "has signed
splendid engagement to sing in Russia. 1t is
stipulated in the treaty that the diva promises
you would never guess what-to have no children
during the period Of her engagement. And her
husband has written at the bottom Of the con-
tract: The above writing is read and ap-
proved"
1t appears from notice sent to the papers by
Mrs. Stowe, that she is preparing book on the
Byron scandal; and that she expects, OF course,
to justify her previous publication on this sub
ject, The publication OF the Leigh letters in the
London Quarterly Review has brought out the
quests the public to suspend their Judgment GU the
letters OF Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigh, lately pub
ushed In the Lordon Quarterly Review, until they
meet them In their proper historical connection
In her forthcoming volume"
"A horrible railroad accident occurred on Mon
day last near Narrowsburg, n. y, by which one
man was burned to death and fourteen cars, load
ed with coal oil, tobacco and cotton were entirely
consumed. When the fire had reached its height
o man was seen in the midst OF the glarng flames,
.bus 1t was impossible to approach near enough to
render the victim any aid and he was in short
time completely roasted. His name was James
Rourke, and he was brakeman on the train. it
Is supposed he had in some manner become
fastened between the cars in such way as to be
unable to extricate himself before being sutrocated
by the rapidly approaching flames.
An exchange gives the following interesting
gossip concerning the Siamese twins: "Their sur
name is Bunker, aRd their given names Chang
and Eng. They reside alternately at two resi-
.dences. one at Mount Airy, N. c., and the other
three miles distant in the country, one Of the
wives taking charge OF each establishment. They
married twin sisters near that point many years
since, and each has family OF beautiful black
eyed children OF brunette complexion. They are
aged fifty-seven. are quite gray-hared, and while
they are in independent circumstances they are
not wealthy. Their wives are large, healthy-look-
ing women, and their country house, the only one
we have seen, is built Of logs with puncheon hoor
and without finish or decoration. They use
Windsor chair Of double width, and bed not less
than eight feet wide. A rustic flight OF steps OF
double width leads to the attic, and they pass up