The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-23
N II Up 8 s U III MAR Y.

AOAAS
to be the prevailing style Of evening toilet.
The Cul.ard Company is building two first
class ocean steamships, which will be named
Abyssinia and Algeria.
In ST. Charles-street New Orleans, every
fourth house for the space Of four blocks is
licensed gambling hell.
The long gauntlet kid gloves, with innum.
efable small gilt buttons. are very fashionable
just at present among the ladies.
1t is ascertain I'D that petroleum exists in
great abundance in the greater portion OF Eu-
rope and Asia, and no one need fear the ex-
haustion OF fuel.
We feel despondent. The correspondence
OF the Alabama claims has reached ten octave
volumes, OF eight hundred pages each. yet the
discussion must all be done over again.
In New York there are said to be lawyers
who visit the jails and station houses with bags
full Of h1beas corpus petitions, &C., ready to
give instant legal relief to any prisoner who de-
sires it. @
New Orleans has q sensation in the dis
covery Of $16O,000 in bonds, slowed away be-
hind the -pfastering in the auditors Office, sup
posed to have been placed there s.for future
reference" by ex-Auditor Wickliffe Il
"A metallic cartridge company in Bridge
port, Connecticut, has received an order from
Madrid for ten million cartridges, of the Ber-
dan (sharpshooter) patent. This proves that
4he Spanish Directory means business of de-
,ch ,ive and not pacific character.
= - The physicans of New Orleans are now
using sweet quinine. 1t is prepared from the
same m. eterial as thatsformerly used, but by q
chemical PROCESS it is divested of it's bitter and
unpleasant taste, without taking away any of
it's valuabae properties as an effective medi-
cine.
"A FRENCH xloA tor Is attempting the revival
~ +l,e art. once att empted by the subtle genius
of the Creeks. of enA uring beforehand The seq
and the BEAUTY of chi 1ren. He is very conf
dent Of succes, 1t is no more difficult, he
aavs. to haya en ,dren OF esprit than to have
- Arab horses.
ssa Ehe co}oreds vereigns Ast washington have
heir little jealousies. A neg1o who cried econ
traband" at some of the participators in the
Emancipation procession was Immediately
dubbed by the Zouaves. ''Carpetblgger" is
another term OF reproach applied by original
residents to newcomers.
Another monster blast has been made in
California, by which mountain was demolish
ed. A tunnel FIVE hundred and seventy feet in
length was made, and twelve hundred kegs Of
powder placed in it. A young lady was chosen
to establish the electric current by which the
charge was touched of. The mountain was
thoroughly shattered. +.
Last week the old Manhattan we'll Of New
York, whose whereabouts had been forgotten
for many years, was rediscoversd. Into that
we'll it was supposed that the body OF mur-
dered girl was thrown by her lover about sew
enty years ago. The man was defended by
Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton and Edward
p. Livingston, and was acquitted, though there
was an almost universal belief that he was
guilty, but left New York immediately and
never returned. VIA. N&a 5 i4W N1 t.,-a
The highest store rent paid in Broadway,
New York. is that Of e. s. Jaffray's dry goods
store, corner Of Leonard-street, which brings
4sO, 600. ria highest hotel rent is that Of the
Fifth Aveuue; which rates at 100000 per an
mum !; but the most profitable Of all edifces is
Trinity building. This is occupied by offices.
1t cost abont 3100, 900, and rents for nearly
0ne-ilaif ihat sum. Single Offices bring from
$1,000 to $4,000, and the coal trade is almost
entirely done there ... + ,.. ,.
The Montgomery Mail states that q num-
ber Of immigrants from Switzerland and Baden
arrived at Decatur, Ala, short time ago and
immediately received employment. The Mail
Charaoteri1es this as excellent news and ex.
elaine :ssWould that the hills aud mountains
ot North Alabsms could be filed with the race
OF William Tell" The Executive Committee
Of the State Agricultural Association have
taken steps to prepare for State fair, which
may reflect honor upon the resources Of Ala
bama and upon the industry Of her people.
Every encouragenent to immigration is to be
given, and . line Of emigrant steamships be
tween Mobile and some German port is already
contemplated. ete ae |es, ..s..r,5 IN, Z
"A Now York letter Of Monday says: ssThe
belligerent tone OF Senator Chambers speech
this morning on our relations with England,
coupled with his serious treatment OF the sue.
gsstion that she should turn over Canada to
us as Anal settlement OF the Alabama claims,
creates some uneasiness emeng thoughtful
men, as tending to unnecessarily embarrass
tne negotiations about TO be set on foot BY MIR.
@oeley' ana 70 make the controversy more diff
~@0uiS 20 oeai with than ever The Wall-street
spe0aiasofs managed to turn ths. speech 20
account, in running up the premium on gold
and knocking down the prices Of stocks. To
add to the excitement, bogus dispatches from
Washington have been freely exhibited in ro.
gSson to our critical relations with Spain O.:
the Cuban question. As soon as those Nun.
Ohaussnisnas have done their appointed work
In depressing values two or three per cent,
everything will be serene again, and 0nr for
align relations will be pronounced an right
The Marshall, Texas, Republican. Of the
9th insss gives the particulars OF an affair In
Rusk County that forms climax OF horrors.
LEhe circumstances are as follows: "a young
man by the nams Of Colonel Green, who 10 said
10 have been new settler in the county, leH
Hendsrson. ON Saturday evening Last. in Astate
og intoxieatien, for homo. Whan ha got shout
ssven milss from town, on the Marshall road,
he ssOppedat the Widow Griffin place. whore .
body osne&ross we're making b crop, and order
90 his suppsr. while no was Getting 1t he vas