The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-13
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2s3 for middlings.
In Liverpool cotton closed firmer but not
higher. Upands 12td, Orleans 12ad; sales
10000 bales.
"A Georgia paper reports that Professor
Agassiz and Count Pourtalles are exploring in
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, on
Wednesday, sent dispatch by the cable re-
questing 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 q
professional engagement
"A Pittsburg paper states that the health OF
ex.Secretary Stanton is very bad, and that he
has been recently baptized by the clergyman
with whose church he is united.
-Natchez, mississippi, is without an officer
'of any kind-no Mayor, DO selectmen, no assess
:sor or collector, no city clerk, marshal or
policemen. Every officer is!disquaifed.
1t reported that Mr.. Gladstones govern
ment will soon raise d distinguished Judge to
,the peerage to- strengthen the debating power
Of the Liberal party in the House of Lords.
The friends of the Hoa. Pierre Soule have
written to Df. Chipley, superintendent of the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum, at Lexington, to en-
gage apartments for Mr.. Soule in the asylum
Tho Secretary Of the Navy has officially
commended Midshipman T. B. M. Mason, Of
the Guerriere, who saved two enlisted men
from drowning in the harbor OF Rio Janeiro at
the risk Of his own life. l-F-f a.
Nine. Olga Won Plittendorf, German ac-
tress Of some 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.
-Rothscnilds heirs evidently believe that
man 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. two hairs on the
wrong side would run away with the riders
equilibrium. A.i
"A widow in Onondaga County, New York,
recently cut out her own daughter in the good
graces of her lover, and married him her.
self. To obtain revenge for this unmotherly
trick, the daughter set her cap At the young
mans rich father, of whom he was the only
heir, to The infinite annoyance OF her step
children.
"A monooycle has been seen in Paris sue
= pessfully moving about the avenue of the
Champs Elysees, ridden by it's inventor,
certain Mr.. Courbet. The single wheel Of
which it consists is held in equilibrium when
n motion with it's rider upon 1t, by the aid offs
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 Agents Convention,
% obtaining representatives from railroads in
& he Northern States and in Canada, is now
!, holding its annual session in New York city,
The object of the convention is to revise the
ates Of fare on the various railroad and
teamer lines, and to agree upon course Of
ction to be pursued in relation to all matters
{! where passengers are being carried over the
various routes.
Tho English journals state that the dispute
between Turkey and Persia, in reference to
t heir respective frontiers. is beginning to as
g ume threatening aspect. It is reported that
Nidhat Pacha, one of the ablest and most ener-
q getic OF the Turkish governors, has been de-
g patched to Bagdad with full powers and
Instructions to settle the difficulty, by force of
arms, il necessary. Numerous reintorcements
,of troops and artillery have been sent to the
{ rontier, and it is said that the Viceroy Of
Egypt has promised to assist the Sultan, in
case OF war, with g military contingent, which
would proceed to Bagdad by the Red Sea and
: 4Bassorah.
4 The musical pitch question has not vet
been settled in England, and writer's to the
musical journals are giving their recollec-
lions OF the devices OF famous singers in
arranging, to suit their voices, music writ
ten IN too high key. It is asserted that
since Malibran and Rubini no one has sung
the music Of Bellini's operas in tho 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 trsnspositions,
high or low, as it may happen. which for
years have been made, unmade end rsmade
IN their operas.
The New York Commercial SAYS: ssThe
latest invention is an Indiia-rubber carrispe.
The patent has been obtained, q companv has
oeen organized, and the first vehicle has been
snfned out, and is nov on exhibition at an up
AA"n"'"oCOAy' Ani5 use OK vulCan1Xed
iuoDer promises 10 work a complete revolution
I'm the manufacture and cost of carriages. The
oody, dash and ssat are all made ns rubber. a.
perhaps one-fifth of the cost Of the long-sea-
soned, expensive wood usually employed. The
rnnner sSzz tho body OF inc carriage ON exhibi-
tton costs only $40. II requires no painting,
and is 90 polished as to shine like mirror.
Three months time OF q competent workman,
which are now frequently given for the polish.
ing and finishing Of q 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
sofshis State, with capital OF $500 .Ooo.n @
"A Frenchman, who has been sojourning In
.fhis country for twelve months, gives an 40.