The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-08-22
NEWS OF TIE DAE.

- Gold closed In New York on Saturday at
a45al5.
Cotton in New York, was frmer; uplands
.lss cents; sales 1900 bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed active and
-buoyant; uplands s:di Orleans sid.; sales
$4,000 bales. ''.'...
The French, since the war began, have
.dIscoyered that they are afflicted with fraudu-
4 emit shoddy contractors, and swirdlers in the
N.commissariat. .t.
The yirginians are making good busi-
ness Of gathering and drying sumach for drug
:ho,,ses. Petersburg received, In one day last
eweek, 100, 900 pounds ready to be sent of.
THE National Labor Convention continues
its. sessions In Cincinnati. The subjects before
at are various, embracing banking, taxation.
Chinese immigration, temperance, prison dis
xiipline, the question Of the public lands, DC.
The bound volumes ofthe Congressional
Globen for the last session have just been COM
pleted. The proceedings I'll seven volumes,
ywhIchis two more than were ever required
before. One entire volume is taken up with
speeches which were never delivered, but ap-
pear in the Globe BY virtue Of leave to prlat.
The larger number Of the applicants at the
Departments of State for passports are Ger.
mans who propose returning to Prussia to en-
ter,the army. Many Americans in Paris and
Berlin who went abroad without-passports are
,prdciifing them from the United States Lega-
tons respectively in those cities.
-1,Hweek. or two ago q: a:.Rhenlsh battalion
singing; patriotic songs was conveyed by train
towards the probable theatre Of war. When
arrived at their destination. there was gene
rai aaxst of laughter on observing that one of
4he braJye fellows had slyly labelled the car
-riages with piece of chalk: 'Goods-by ex-
presto Paris.r
Machinery lately perfected in England
spins and weares from animal hair. Of cats and
rabbits especially, either by itself or with
slight admixture of silk a sort oil velvet tissue,
.distinguishable from silksbut not inferior in
,fineness and beauty. The principal colors are
bsack and white, though any color or shade
common in other fabrics can be impaired
equally we'll.
The residence of Charles Dickens. at Gad's
Hill, has, it IL stated been purchased BY Charles
Dickens the younger, for the sum of six thou-
sand six hundred pounds sterling, or thirty
three thousand dollars in gold. The house was
described as very commodious. The grounds
comprised over seventeen acres and half.
The Swiss chalet, or cottage, wnich had been
presented to Mr.. Dickens, was not detached
from the property, although it was stated an
American gentleman would have paid liberal
price for it. A plot Of eight acres OF land,
forming part of the estate, was also bought by
Hr. Dickens the younger, for $500.
General Moltke, it appears, is another Of
the men who have learned how to set bride
upon their tongues. He seldom speaks to
anybody, and never converses. He knows
seven languages, but it Is a superluous ac-
compltshment, since he. never uses one OF
.them-a man, in fact. entirely efter Mr. Car
1yle's heart. Just before he started fir tile
war; great speculator In stocks met him,
and, desiring to get a hint or two fur future
ase, said: ''Well, General, how are things
getting on p THANK you. slr,7 wss The reply,
tiny rye crops are gctllng Oh beautifully, but
my potatoes are very Lacksard.7 Things