The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17
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The New York cotton market was . shade
! over: sales 1900 bales, at 2sl 28!, closing o
little more stoady.
AT Liverpool cotton closed quiet; uplands
,12a12td; Orleans 124 ,12id; sales 5000 bales.
Schneider has handsome PORTRAIT OF the
Prince Of Wales, given hcr by that promising
youth, accompanied By his autograph and some
vealy poetry.
Considerable light is thrown on the case OF
the missing United States Marshal at Atlanta,
by the discovery Of the fact that between fifty
and sixty thousand dollars, belonging to other
parties, was In hi, possession just before his
mysterious disappearance.
"A lot o. cotton, consisting Of one hundred
and fifty OF two hundred bales, was destroyed
BIZ fire at Ferpandina last week. The cotton
was Oh the wharf where the New York steam
ers load, aud the flames communicated to the
steamship Flag, which was in port, but were
extipsulshcd before she had sustained any
great damage.
According to o.the results Of late recent deop
sea souLdings, it is announced that the bottom
of the sea, at great depths, is covered by
continuous mass extending over miles in e1-
tent. of what mag &c CONSIDERED rs one single
animal. Tt Ii thought to form the lowest stage
of animal life on the globo. and is supposed to
derive its nourishment directly from the mine
raj world, as III the case of plants. The new
animal has been baptized by the ouphonious
name of Bdthybius.
Tho New York Home Journal says that the
newest idea in watz;ng insists that, instead OF
.claspins tho lady's hand. or even her finger
tips, the gentleman shall bond his left ann at
about the same angle with which fashionable
girl carries her sparasol, the Lady supporting
herself by placing her haud against his arm,
in the hollow Of the chow. Thus he carries
her aro, nj Gelicate,y, without any OF thai con-
tact which condemns the round dances. This
mode is introduced by singular set of e1clu-
sives, but its propriety must co:amend it to al.
The changes on the earth's suitce during
the glacial period are strikingly illustrated BIZ
boulder of peculiar variety OF granite, Ill
teen feet high snd seventy feet IN crcumfer-
>ence, perched upon the top of the Hoosao
Mountain, one Of the highest peaks in Massa-
chusetts. TINS boulder, it is concusively
proved, was clipped off the apex of another
mountain at Stamford, Vt, and transported by
the ice to lis present position. The Stamford
Mountain is now q truncated cone, and the
boulder is composed Of the same kind OF gran
ite, which differs in every respect from the
Hooaac rocks.
Los Angeles County, California, has hith-
erto been CO ebrated for it's wine product, and
it is now proposed to add that OF the cultiva:
j ton OF silk. A leading firm in the new enter
prise are putting out sixty thousand mulberry
trees, as first instaimept towards making
silk on o very ex'end.d scale. They have
beautiful rancho at San Gabriel Mission, nine
miles above Lus Angeles. They have hired
forty families of Chinese, skilled silk workers,
who are engaged for fur years, and will be
comfortably housed IN adobe cottages, with
ample gardens. At the expiration. of the term
each family will be entitled 10 deed OF owner
ship for its house aud garden.
The ten plant is in successful cultivation
some ten miles from Knoxville, on the farm
/. of Captain James Campbell, where it has
been grown for about ten years. 1t is
said that East Tennessee tea drinkers can
easily raise their own tea with very little cost
or trouble. The plant is deep evergreen
shrub, and grows about five feet high. 1t is
hardy, and needs no protection from frosts.
1t bears an abundant crop, with beautiful fra
grant flowers In October. The following sea-
son it mutnres sued, somewhat resembling
the seed Of our native hazel, and grows up
readily. The visor and hardness OF this plant,
and its adaptation to the climate, have been
tested. The tea produced from the leaves of
the plant very much resembles In flavor the
tea from the Young Hyson plant.
5 foreman" writes to tue New York Sun, as
follows "Sir-Ihere are thousands of people
in Nav York and suburbs that would like pl-
aros, and would have them but for the enor-
nous price asked for them. Now, have been
foreman IN one Of our frst-ciass piano manu-
factories for fifteen years, ard know the cost
of every piano made. Instruments sold for
$3.50 cost VI s21O and those sold for $1,000.
which arc handsomely carvel grands. cost but
s475. You see what enormous profits are made
ON them. Pianos range from SooJ to S2OO0,
and some 81 les with al ezra mou dug, which
costs but s5 they ask $50 more for. They
argue that it looks s100 better. There are
dealers in New York that buy pianos OF conf
panies and large MAJ u acturers for from S220
TO s245, and sell for $3.50 and $780,
Tho Russian clergy in Alaska, it IS report
ed, are suff ring serious Inconvenience from
the transfer Of that country - the Un'tel
States. Under the Russian Iulc, the members
of the Greek Church were obliged to pay tax
for the support of their pastors. TIL. United
States authorities, ou taking possession, de-
cliued to collect taxes fer the Russian clergy,
and the people, rot being disposed to make
anv voluntary ofr,nSs, the pastors were left
entirely without resources. They then appeal
ed to the Synod at st. Petersburg, which deci-
ded that they should remalD under the protec.
ton and IN the pay Of the Russian Govern
ment as before, and be subject to the jnrisdlc-
ton of the Synod. This decision, it is stated,
ia objected to by the United States Govern
ment. SLIGO it is unwil ing TO tolerate any "pro-
lection" by foreign power Of persons rcsid-
inc in its donlnions, and the journals OF st.
Petersburg are already warmly pleading IN
favor of their distressed country a"n.
"A Washington telegram to the World says:
general Lougstreet is reported to DO prepar-
ing for ST 20 which will astonish the country.
This step, il the statements of those who have