The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-25
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/. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1870.
NEWS OF THE DAE.

NEWS OF THE DAE.
General Beauregard is busy making expert
ments In car traction in New Orleans.
Several large American railways intend open
ting ticket oflees in London aud other european
THO project OF admitting women to the Medi-
cal University at Edinburgh has received the ex'
press dlsapproval Of the Queen.
Twenty-four inmates OF the Boston insane
Hosnital were recently sent to the theatre to W.T.
ness the play Of Hamlet. They enjoyed the MAD
scene greatly.
Miniature Prusslan helmets are unique and
the latest style in earrings. They are o. ME goo
yery delicate and imported from VIENNA "nere
all the pretty things come from.
General Ewell Is now engaged In planting
,ev miles from Greenville, Washington County;
Mics. He is reported by the Greenvllle Times to
he IN the enjoyment Of fine health, and ieehng
remarkably cheerful and well.
-prom,nent farmers in the vicinity OF Memphis
concur In saying that cotton will hereafter con
st,tute the surplus and not the main agricultural
product of that region. Next year bread aud bacon
win be produced as never before.
The Norwegian colony, in Bosque County, are
omonc the best farmers In Texas. They 20 ex-
tensyely into wheat raising this year, loTcseelng,
doubtless that the approach Of the railroad Will
give them good market.
Some OF the Cuban politicians IN washington
are proposing ian island empire" by the Conle-
derstion CT the West India Islands, with Cnoa at
the head. The movers OF this programme, OF
course. opnose annexation to the United States.
The reign of paper money Is now strangely
wide. Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, France aud
the United States, six Of the eight foremost
nations in the world, have legal tender paper
with forced circulation.
Bismarck, desiring to discontinue french as
the language OF the court at Berlin, addressed
dispatcf to St. Petersburg written IN German.
GortschakoG reproved the Prusslan chancellor by
returning reply written In Tartar
1T is stated that the largest iron manufactur-
ing district in Missouri gives over 10 900 majority
for revenue reform; the next largest, 5000, aud
the district having the largest iron deposits OF
the world gives 5000 majority against the protec-
ton candidate.
The number OF inhabitants OF Berlin belong.
ingtc the reserve OF Landwehr who have been
called on for service is 35 900, or nearly i've per
cent. OF the population. This, however, IS consd
erably above the average OF the whole country
More than Is, 600 of their wives, having no means
of support, are maintained by the city.
Should King william hold review Of his SOL
Iiers on the Champ de Mars, In Paris, 1t will not
be the first in which he took part on that re-
nowned parade ground. More than half cen
tury ago he was promoted there to field rank and
took command OF battalion OF the First Guards,
as o Prussian major, under his fathers eyes.
A football manufacturer, casting about for o
LIGHT and permanently elastic stutllng for his
balls, hit upon sponge, cut into small pieces and
treated with glycerine. The material proved SO
decided success that he patented the idea, sold
his patent to be applied to upholstery purposes
for s75, 900. and to-day the procurement and prep
aratlon Of elastic sponge Is one Of the most -four
ishing branches Of commercial AMI manufactur
Ing industry.
The prices Of kid gloves, says New York let
ter, continue to advance. On Saturday they could
be purchased at So 25a2 so, retail; today the quo
tations range from 50 IS to s.. Some enterpris.
ing dealers have brought large assortment oi
italian gloves into the market for 81 pair, and
these are eagerly snapped up. though they have
shabby enough look. 1.-THE war continues, it Is
probable that cloth or dog skin gloves will have
tobe introduced.
The arrival at New York. on Monday, OF the
steamer Magdala, the first vessel which has made
the trip from China to New York via the Suez
Canal, took place according to expectation. She
sailed August 1eth and has consequently been
ninetyseve dsysin making the passage which,
however, was not made under the most favorable
&c N Eaa Maplall lllPnpO
with tea. second steamer, with tea, By the
same route. Is duein fortnight or three weeks.
Both are British vessels.
The Brazilian legation at Washington Is ex-
pecting visit from the King OF Brazil. Don
Pedro, 1t is said, intends to come to the United
States soon when he Will spend some time in all
the leading cities OF the United States, taking in
the national capital as matter OF course, and
paying his respects to the President. Don Pedro
is liberal patron OF the arts and sciences, and
has been the friend Of many distinguished per-
sons in America, including Profe ssor Agassiz.
i. is stated that a company, with large capi-
tai, has been established at New Haven, Conn.,,
for the manufacture OF q new and ingenlus boot
making sewing machine. The process OF making
boots oy this machine Is described as follows: All
work is lasted before being placed in the ma.
chine; the lasts are next placed in position, and
the inner sole, welt aud upper leather are in one
minute sewed together. The outer sole Is then
put on. The operation just described is repeated,
and the bottoming process is complete.
"A Washington letter OF the ed infant says:
The administration seems bent on continuance
OF Its military policy In regard to the elections
Notwithstanding that 1t met with such general
condemnation at the polls early in this month.
The election in Georgia is to be held next month,
and today 1t was decided that there should be
proper distribution OF troops throug hout the
State, with vigorous enforcement OF the con.
gresslonal election law. Some Of the troops now
In South Carolina Will be ordered to Georgia. and