The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-04
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Gold closed dull yesterday at New York at
37B.
The New York Cotton market was firm.
Sales 5000 bales at 80 cents.
Cotton at Liverpool yesterday closed firm
Sales $4,000 baAes. Uplands 11Ad Or
leans 115d.
Princess Metternich calls velocipede "a
machine that sots fool on rollers"
Silver coin is such drug in San Francisco
that leading merchants have signed an agree
ment not to receive it at par in sums above ten
dollars.
"A new paper. printed in the German lam
guage and called the Patriot, has been started
in Richmond 1t proposes to be an industrial
and political organ, takes the conservative
view of the stu .tion, and advocates the cleo
ton of Colonel Walker for Governor. The
German element is progressing in the South.
The castor bean is becoming on important
article Of culture in Texas. This year hun
dreds of acres are planted; the soil is prolific,
and in some instances has yielded sixty BUSH
els of castor beans to the acre. Very little
machinery has yet been introduced for getting
out the oil. The ramie plant is also attracting
attention. 1t is looked upon as Of great value
to the South for the purpose Of making ropes.
Henry Ward Beecher on Sunday preached
against the schemes of church union, whether
planned by Pope, Protestant or Pagan, taking
the novel ground that the strength OF the
Obri stan religion lies in the number OF the ex-
listing denominations. He hopes 10 see the
sects increase in number rather than combine
aud prefers to have the gospel preached by
wicked men rather than not have it preached
at oil. he did not claim originality for these
novel ideas, but showed that they were in con-
sonance with those of that astute lawyer, st.
Paul
The Natio lal Photographic Association
commences it's annual session this week in
Boston. Mass. The object OF the association
is to keep the public informed as to the pro-
gross of photography; to spread among photo
graphers knowledge Of the improvements
that are made, both here and abroad, and 70
excite and dffuse taste for the new art. An
exhibition will be formed to contain the pic
lures Of contemporary artists, and make known
to them and the public the peculiar styles of
the work at home and abroad. There win also
be shown various Photographic apparatus,
chemicals and "requisites.'
The oritos enthusiastic about Adolina
Patti. II they exaggerate naught, marriage
has contributed to perfect the artistic and the
singer. She is described as manifesting quail
ties for which her admirers had not given her
credit Her voice, her manner, and the mind
In her representations are pronounced to be
more remarkable than ever. And she has great
rivals at her side. There is oily one opera
house open, and to it have gathered besides
the Patti, Mile. Htiens, the best living per-
former Of great dramatic parts the Hunga-
rian artistic, Mile. lima de Murska and Mile
Nilsson. That this brilliant circle should keep
together so long, is q fine compliment to the
msnager, or possibly sign of q theatrical mil
lennium. sa
The London Times is now printed by new
machinery so perfect and SC simple that it
takes but one engineer and three laborers to
print off the who.e edition Of the Times. The
principle of the machine is that the paper is
not out into sheets before it is printed, but is
brought to the machine in long roll It
passes through the machine, is printed on
both sides, and is divided as it passes out, the
whole process being automatic. The idea has
long been worked at by engineers, but has
only lately been practically carried out. under
the superintendent of Mr.. Macdonald, the
engineer who has charge OF the whole Times
machinery. The new machine is callei the
Walter Press, in honor OF the chief proprietor
OF the Times. 1t will quite supersede the Hoe
machine, and is an improvement upon the ad-
mirab.e French Marinoni machine.
"A Washington letter says stUnder An
drew Johnson there was very Gle YER official,
named Cushaw, who acted ss grand usher to
the President. For $1,000 year he consented
to take the whole White House on his shoul-
ders. For that modest sum he was content TO
bear the abuse Of countless visitors, and to re.
oil 1xrysk1
How is it under President Grant? There is
Dent. full Brigadier, with salary Of $1,000 per
annum; Crook receiving $1,000; Price, likewise,
$1,000; young Douglass, $500; Adams mot
George w., but another man, $1,000; and Sim
monds gentleman Of color, 500 per month
for simply bearing cards OF visitors from the
eminently polite Dent to the Presidents pri-
vate ofice. All these officials combined dis
charge the duty which Cushaw monopolized
under President johnson. In other words, it
now requires $1S,38o to accomplish the labori-
ous business OF attending the White Hous.
visitors, while it only cost $1,000 under John
son. There is nothing like economy.
"A New York correspondent of the Gin.
cinnat Commercial chus describes one OF the
latest wrinkles in Wall street: "As I sat
watching the passers-by hurrying up Wall
street toward the great temple OF Mammon
aforesaid, queer little square box at my el-
Dow' perched between the two windows OF the
brokers' ofiice, began to click and clatter with
the jerking sound peculiar to telegraphic in
ssruments. The people Of the Office pricked
up their ears and began to m I'VE toward the
mysterious box, from the mouth OF which
was now issuing, in an endless roll, long.
narrow strips Of white paper. Taxing M
Che paper as 1t wound itself Off the reel
{Ror this part Of the intelligent machine is
autonatic) we read long string. OF
printed characters like the following: NV.
e1a, p. B. 1oS, Read'g 97A, B. s. Hud. 1854 4,
n. Y. o. 1A. b. I. 1851, s. 80, NJ. 8. 1861, +.
w. 164, COON. W. 9l8, 400 p. M. 81 The little
abbreviated and sententious announcements,
% was quickly made aware. were the quote.
Nons Of stocks. at tha. moment being mada I'm