The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-02
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Sales II 600 bales. Upands l33d.; or'ean
12ld.
New Orleans can't get meat. The butch
ers have struck.
Miss Rys has come out to Canada will
another importation Of eighty English servan
grls.
The New York Herald calls the Pacific
Railroad ssThe Iron Shroud OF the Wild In
dian." = - -
China is overstocked with idols. Their;
ara three million Of them in half million
temples.
Only three thousand miles Of wire is re-
quired to complete the telegraphic circuit o.
the globe.
freight on tea is two cents pound the old
way and thirteen via Pacific, Railroad, from
China to New York.
"A 5000 monuments being cast at Munich
for the graves Of Confederate soldiers,interred
ina oemetery nexr Baltimore.
a Chicago is sending out cards Tor great
musical festival to be held next year, which
Is toetiffn Boston quite green with envious
rage. .:o:,-s -. o.72 90
The French steamers are rivalling the best
Of English build for saiftness. The steamer
Pereire has Just made the trip from Brest 10
New. York in nine days.
Florida, it is asserted, contains over
seven million acres Of land lying along the
coast from Indian River to Cape Sable, ad-
mirsbly adapted to the cultivation Of coffee.
"A Russian naval squadron. under the GEM
maud Of Vice Admiral ErbentoH, it is report
cd, has been recently sent out with instruc-
lions to visit the principal ports Of the United
Statea.,
The Reuter- Telegraph Company, it is au-
nounced, has been awarded anindemnity OF
$S,6SO,OOO under the law Of Great Britain, by
which the government has taken possession Of
the telegraph lines.
Reed, carpet-bagger Governor OF Florida,
: ffsmes all the bills himself, and submits them
( to the Legislature for their action. None have
failed to pass yet, and the simplicity OF the
mode deserves attention.
The cotton mills at Oldham, England, we're
thrown open on Monday, the 14th, with the
view OF giving the hands an or .,ortunity OF re-
turning to their employment ST. the reduction
OF FIVE per cent. There was very general re-
turn to work and everything was quiet.
"A man now temporarily in Nova Scotia
does not know to what country he belongs.
His father was Irish and his mother German.
He was born in Canada, was naturalized in the
United States, became Confederate by re-
belIion; and is by residence and attachment
Mexican.
"A gentleman is reported to have arrived
recently IN Boston, from Madrid, who brings
special messages from Serrano, the Regent,
and Prim, the Minister of War, to President
Grant, announcing that the new government
intends to adopt policy tor Cuba that will
prove to be satisfactory to the people OF that
islapa and OF the United States.
The advocates Of female suffrage have re.
oeived powerful futreiniorcement At their last
meeting N New York. the World says most Of
The ladies' present were, young and pretty. II
tkXt Is true. they need not despair of success.
The. worst feature Of the movement heretofore
has been that its advocates consisted largely Of
middle-aged ladies in green spectacles.
The New York Times says: sit is curious
to observe that orr New York postoflce al
ways sends to Europe much greater number
oiletters tban It receives from that part Of
the'Mo-ld. For the month of May it sent away
420,55s letters ana received Ss1 062. This
seems to show that the mass ofthe foreigners
settled in this country write home to their old
friends oftener than the latter write TO them"
Spain is said to be getting tired Of the
Cuban war, aud in proof Of it the Ioparcial,
one OF the leading Spanish journals, makes
strange statement. It says that agents OF tn 9
government have been sent about to the news
paper Offices to tamper With the press. with
yiewito obtaining lts advocacy for the aaie Of
Cuba to the United States. The Spanish cause
IN Cuba Ia by no means hopeless, but the cost
Of carrying on the present desultory war at
such q distance Is too burdensome to be longer
endured. The Spanish Government think they
may - well have good round sum for their
fine pcssession, and they have, according to
the indignant Imparcial invited the press to
get up an agitation on the subject.
The Zoe hctoIy at New Orleans, situated
In ono Of the elevators, is great success. It
consists Of six retorts Of chemical freezing
mixture. From these six retorts six pipes de-
scend 10 six huge chests, which chests in turn
radiste severally Of into four Compartments
In each compartment are long, thin tin ca es,
seven on one side and eight on the other.
hismaking bv all the rules OF arithmetic
total Of ftty-six cases in 3 box. aud there be-
ing four boxes to chest, and six chests to
factory, it toll Tvs that at full blast this South
ern ice faosorY can turn out 1874 cakes of ice
eighteen inches long, twelve broad, and two
thickat the completion Of each process. The
ice Il much colder than that frozen naturally,
sand iasts much io6ger: The factory is 8 joint
stock enterprise, and the property is exceed
ingly fdcrati9s.s Q g q
r Tho Bsehteak Climb Of London is dead.
eBbr one hundred and thirty -four years did it's
5oytst members meet and eat together. Moth
me u simmortal, however, aud on the 7sh OF
sAprilofthi year the most successful conyi-
Vial society of England became thing Of the
past. Dmingits lorg existence, as matter
Of cotrrse, It's rolls had borne the signatures Of
many celebrated men, and its cellars contained
ssurop,oafationste number OF famous brands Of
nou5iS. AIterti Iemise Of the CAB oil Of
IN remaining goods and chattels, consistir 6
chiefly Of Old relics and the remnants OF its
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