The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-06
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-Ct. Ion in New York closed uncnaneeo >
middlins, 29a2sl; sales 1900 bales.
Cation closed in Liverpool firm upands,
1ad. Orleans, l24; sales 12oO0 bales.
Liverpool wants tunnel under the Mer-
sey to Birkenhead.
o-Fun dress at the opera is going out Of
IA shion in New York.
General Grant sent subscription OF 500
to the metropolitan Methodist Church on Sun
day. :,
New York has Is 600 tenement houses, in
which live 4sO, 1000 people-more than half the
population.
TT has become customary with many New
vo-t erocers to sell bread by weight, at five
,cents pound.
.Rierstsdt has sold his picture Of scene In
The Rocky Mountains, recently exhibited IN
Paris, for $4,000.
Japan has an author who has been writing
. novel for thirty-eight years, and has just mn
ished the 106th volume.
From tan to fitty dollars was offered for the
-r,se of windows on Pennsylvania Avenue, WASH
inpton. to witness the Inauguration process
sion.
San Francisco has had on importation OF
Chinese. who brine, among their implements
~ trade. an anasthetic moro powerful than
chloroform.
"A number Of Cuban ladies residing in New
York have formed an association similar to
that OF the Sanitary Commission during the
rebellioa, to attend to the wants OF hospitals
and raise funds for the revolutionists.
AT the Inauguration ball the dancing was
in four different rooms in the Treasury build
ipe. and unifor nifty of time. &C., was secured
bF means Of telegraph wires that had been lu-
troduoed into the building for the purpose.
The coin revenue from customs at New
York during the last week reached nearly
fhree-fourths o. million day; and for all
February showed an increase Of nearly two and
q half millions, as compared with February Of
last year.
"A Mr.. Eckcrson died few days ago, in New
York. Of bydrophoba, after prolonged and
most horrible sufferings. The Philadelphia
papers, and some journals in other cities, mus
taking the name, have announced the death OF
Mr.. John Ericsson, the inventor, and followed
with lengthy obituaries Of that gentleman.
General Grant will remain at his present
residence for few days after his inaugura-
tiou. until the Executive mansion can be re-
paired aud put in good order. President john
SON and family will be the guests of Mr. j.
Coyle, publisher Of the Intelligencer IN Wash
irgton, for about week after the 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 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
merchant prince. MIR. Hriedlander, known as
the "Grain King" The bridegroom was the
son of DR.. Bowie, q leading physician. The
trousseau cost 10000. and was full and magni-
fcent beyond that of any former California
bride. The pres ents, besides s15O.OOO from the
father, amounted to $50, 900 in jewelry and gold
and silver service.
The Siamese Twins are hardly the fashion
this time in London. On their last visit every
body vent 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
unconcealed disgust. The twins are old men,
and their wrinkles ind worn features mako the
spectacle some degrees moro repu'sve than
before. One OF the journals wanted the police
TO prevent them from appearing in public; but
the z,al for the proprieties has hardly reached
such p:.ch as vet. and the suggestion was
laughed al. An ingenious admirer seeks to
populat;z, them by announcing that 'they
were Shareholders, enthusiastic Southerners,
and lost largely by tee collapse Of the South"
AS twin Conledcrates, it is surmised they have
4. peculiar claim upon En- ylish sympathy.
Late East Indian papers give accounts OF
the violent earthquake which shook various
parts of Bengal between January 10 and IL.
It was most severely felt IN Cachar and Assam.
'Th e earthquake was felt as far west of Calcutta
as Dinapore Cachar, where it was most Sc
we're, is on the llne CT volcanic action which,
stretching from the Eastern Himalayas, runs
down the coast Of Burmah, where there are
several extinct volcanoes, to the Eastern Arch
ipelago, where volcanic phenomena on large
scale are Of frequent occurrence. At the latter
place the earth seemed agItated by great
wave. risiHgin. swell twenty feet high, toss
ing trees and buildings about, and making
the hills reel as the convulsion passed. Tho
river changed ia course and ran upwards for
an hour, tossing the water fifty feet into the
air and forming numerous water spou,s. The
earth opened in hundreds OF places, vomiting
up volumes Of blue sand and water and en-
gulfng hcu es, catto and men, in some cases
closing over what it had swallowed, ane in
others remaining in yawning abysscs, showing
the roofs of hous.s twenty feet below the sur
face. The convulsion Vas felt ovor all OF Lower
Bengal at the same time. and continued with
slight shocks for several days.
The burning Of the stcam,r sIittie Ste
phens, in Red River, en- the night Of the 1st
instant, involving the loss OF a large number Of
lives, has BEN mentioned. Further desnis
by mail represent tue scene as truly heartcend-
ing. The hour OF midnight had just been
chimed by the cock when the pilot discovered
signs of fir, on the foraclstle, where, it seems,
q large quantity OF hay had been slowed
Four quick. successive taps of the bell gave
tho alarm TO the crew. That alarm was the
knell that summoned si1tg-one sous to meet
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