The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-18
NEVIS OF THE DAY.


quiet; middlings 253sc.
In Liverpool cotton closcl firm: uplands lIls
allHd, Orleans 11IaIl2Sd; sales 5000 bales.
The whole ofthc Russian army Is TO be pro-
vided with brcccf.luatlers.
Tho Roanoke River at Weldon, n. c., is lower
than 1t has been in thirty years before.
The cultivation OF the cork tree on q small
scale, ms I'm experiment, has proved Il success III
Eastern North Carolina.
"A coorcd man lately died In North Carolina
from the sting OF a hornet. He lived only twenty
minutes after the attack.
g. G. Spencer, well-known auctioncer OF
Louisville, Ky, fell dead in the street OH Satur-
day, from heart disease.
The Legislative Chamber OF Prussia have fix
ed the age OF civil majority at 2L Before 1t varied
all the way fran Is to &C.
Tic Coliseum Is outdonc by the building for
the Macon tGa) fair. That structure Is seven hun
dred and twenty feet long,
"A Canadian alderman, ct whose house Prince
Arthur stayed two days, sent In bill OF S25Oo
for his IIighncss board ana lodging.
"A single manufactory OF chloroform In EdIn-
burgh makes 5000 doses a day, or between Q, ,o0o,-
600 and 5000, 600 Of doses every year.
-SlNty-onc bodies OF the Victims of the "Stonc-
wall' steamboat disaster have been recovered.
None OF the officers have been found.
English tradcsmcn who stencil their advcr-
tisements on the pavcmcnts, are to be prosecuted
for dishonorlng the British nag-so says Judy.
Letters are sent to some OF the farmers of
California, threatening the destruction OF their
property If they continue TO employ Chinese
laborers.
The majority OF Fairchild, Republican Cover
nor elect, OF Wisconsin, is 5000. The Assembly
stands: 81 Republicans, 30 Democrats and 2 Indc.
pendents
There are one hundred ami thirty pupils in
the North Carolina Deaf, Dumb and Blind Inst-
tutc, OF whom forty-threo are blind and eighty
seven deaf and dumb.
-I'ishop Lynch, OF Charleston, $. c., confirmed
seven hundred and seventy persons at the Church
OF the Immaculate Conception, New York, OH
Sunday, all hut fifty Of them bcing children.
Tho Turkish Government has ut last made the
concession OF allowing commercial ships to leave
the Bosphorus and the Dardancles ut night.
But 1t does not allow them to enter after dark.
The English shipbuildcr5 arc paying spcca,
attention to the construction of vessels suitable
for navigating the Suez Canal. The first one,
which draws twenty feet, sailed for Port Said OH
Monday, from Liverpool
Tho squadron of the Cent Gardcs, composed
OF thirteen officers and two hundred and eighteen
men, costs the French War Department $4,000 q
year. Half the squadron is in personal atten-
dance oil the Empress, and half OH the Emperor.
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in rel,.
tion to the Paraguayan difficulties, is against Lo-
PEE. 1t is believed, however, that there will he
two reports TO Congress uphoding opposite con.
clusIons.
The President OF the Spanish Cortes give
banquet TO the American minister on Sunday
night, at which sundry distinguished persons par.
ticipated, and "from the interchange OF views
which was had on the occasion, important results
are antlcipatcdn
"A witness In the cnstomhouse fraud case at
New York has figured up the profits OF Howard,
one OF the parties under examination at two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars which amount
was ten per cent. 0n the total amount OF claims
frauduiently passed by him.
Two 1iindoo merchants, named MoolJc6
Thackeray ami Toosidass Ja,lavjec, are on a
visit TO this country for The purpose of encourag-
ing direct trade between the United states md
their country. They propose to enter into busi-
ness relations. if they find it possible, and will
visit the cotton-growing districts Of the South TO
inspect the owth OF the celebrated sea islands
and long staples, anu possibly TO take seed to In
dIa where nothing but tile short staple IL known.
They have received good deal OF attention in
New York. They will next visit the West, md
then go South.
The rumor rn ~ that a now army law Will
shortly he promulgated In France. Tie National
Guard, long so famous, will he suppressed, shy
those who profess to know, and 1t will DO asserted
that all citizens owe military service to the coun.
try. Exemptions are to be more frequent than al
present, the situation Of the family being oftcncr
an excuse thnn at present. Tho period OF service
will be reduced to three years. II Ia now q rrac.
tlon under nine. COnsc.ipiion yearly will DC pre-
served. AL the young men who have completed
their twentieth year In The twelve month before
the conscriptlon will be divided into two catego
rles. The first, comprising 100000 men yearly
will be drafted into active service Tic seconl
will cOmprlse reserve not held to regular mill.
tary duty, but Liable TO he callcl at any time
Service In TINA Of war does not admit OF Bubsti
tutes.
On Sunday there was O largo assembiage o.
Latter Day Saints at the FREQ Church {Mormon