The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-13
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"A Georgia paper reports that Professor
Agassiz and Count Pourtalles are exploring IL
the vicinity of Key West.
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary Of State, has
resigned the Office of President Of the New
York Historical Society.
1t is understood that the President, or
Wednesday, sent a dispatch by the cable re.
questnR Reverdy Johnson's resignation.
Charlotte Thompson, the actress, will ga
ther the crop on her cotton plantation in Ala
,bama, and then go to San Francisco to fulfil s
professional engagement.
"A Pittsburg paper states that the health o
ex.Secretary Stanton is very bal, and that he
has been recently baptized by the clergyman
with whose church he is united.
-Natchez, Mississippi, is without an officer
cf any kind-no Mayor, no selectmen, no asses
sor or collector, no city clerk, marshal or
policemen. Every officer is s.disqualifed.
1t is reported that Mr.. Gladstone's govern
ment will soon raise distinguished Judge to
tho peerage to strengthen the debating power
OF the Liberal party in the House of Lords.
The friends of the Ho !. Pierre Soule have
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Eastern Luratic Asylum, at Lexington, to en-
gage apartments for Mr.. Soule in the asylum.
The Secretary of the Navy has officially
commended Midshipman T. B. NJ. Mason, OF
the Guerriere, who saved two enlisted mel
from drowning in the harbor of Rio Jaheiro at
the risk OF his own life.
Mime. OSa Won Plittendorf, German ac-
tress Of sor,e celebrity, committed suicide in
San Francisco on Tuesday evening. The mel
ancholy act. it is supposed was the result of
grief for the loss of her husband, who died re-
Gently.
-Rothschild's heirs evidently believe that
msn has no business to let property go out of
his family. They refuse to pay to legatees out
OF the family the sums, petty in comparison
with the whole estate, which the baron wllled
to them.
The fashion OF parting hair in the middle,
by gentlemen, is coming in vogue again, the
introduction of velocipedes having rendered
such style imperative, as two hairs on the
wrong side would run away with the riders
equilibrium.
"A widow in Onondaga County, New York,
recently cut out her own daughter in the good
eraces Of her lover, and married him her
self. To obtain revenge for this unmotherly
trick, the daughter set her cap al the young
mans rich father, of whom he was the only
heir, to the infinite annoyance OF her step
children.
"A monocycle has been seen in Paris sue
ce,sfully moving about the avenue OF the
Champs Elysses, ridden by its inventor,
certain Mr.. Courbet. The single wheel OF
which it consists is held in equilibrium, when
motion with its rider upon it, by the aid ofa
weight at each end Of the hub. 1t is said to
work perfectly, and to be considered superior
in speed to the bicycle.
The Passenger Ticket A. ats' Convention,
70 obtaining representatives from railroads IN
:.t he Northern States and in Canada, is now
h olding It's annual session in New York city,
The object of the convention is to revise the
r ates Of fare on the various railroad ana
teamer lines, and to agree upon course OF
a ction to be pursued in relation to all matters
where passengers are being carried over the
various routes.
The English journals state that the dispute
between Turkey and Persia, in reference to
i heir respective frontiers, is beginning to az
g ume threatening aspect. 1t is reported that
Midhat Pacha, one of the ablest and most ener-
eetic of the Turkish governors, has been de-
8 patched to Bagdad with full powers and
Instructions to settle the difficulty, by force OF
arms, If necessary. Numerous reinforcements
OF troops and artillery have been sent to the
-
{ rontier. and it is said that the Viceroy oi
Egypt has promised to assist the Sultan, in
case of war, with a military contingent, which
would proceed to Bagdad by the Red Sea and
Bassorah.
The musical pitch question has not yet
been settled in England, and writer's to the
musical journals are giving their recolec-
tions of the devices Of famous singers in
arranging, to suit their voices, music writ
ten in too high key. It is asserted that
since Malbran and Rubini no one has sung
the music Of Bellini's operas in the original
keys. Even Grisi was accustomed to sing the
music Of Norma and Don Giovanni lower
than it was written. It is asserted that the
great composers would have been surprised
and indignant at the various transpositions,
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years have been made, unmade and remade
in their operas.
The New York Commercial says: 'sThe
latest invention is an India-rubber carriage.
The patent has been obtained company has
been organized, and the first vehicle has boen
turned out, and is DOW on exhibition at an up
town mandatory. This use of yulcanized
rubber promises 10 work complet" revolution
in the manufacture aad cost of carriages. The
body, dash and seat are aIl mado OF rubber. at
perhaps one-ffth of the cost Of the long-sea-
soned, expensive wood usually employed. The
rubber for the body of the carriage on exhibi-
ton costs only $40. 1t requires no painting,
and is so polished as to shine like mirror.
Three months time Of competent workman,
which are now frequently given for the polish
1snt, md Snishiug of o simple carriage, is here
superseded by the work OF two or three hours,
in which beautiful surface is produced which
does not soil by any amount of handling. The
inventor is Jerseyman, who has sold the
patent to company organized under The laws
ofthis State, with capital OF $500, 900"
"A Frenchman, who has been sojournlng III
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