The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-01

ILL NcW IoAns JSSNSAS'''' o.
Cotton closed dun and tending downward;
ulddlIng uplands l6hc. = .
in Liverpool, yesterday, cotton closed steadyi
. nplands sHas&d; orleans sHashd.:
The crown Of England contains 100 d'a-
monds, and.is valued at s5oo,ooo.
The her ditary Grand EuSe OF Russia Is ABOUT
to enter the raaks OF royal authors with WORK
on the defence Of Sebastopol. ,,
-Three cent street car fare Is promised IN
Chicago il the compressed air moto. tested IN 'has
city the other day works all right
-aDonsey,s flesh ranks very high among the
new species OF food adopted by the besieged Pa
risIans. 1t is said to resemble veal, with poul-
try dayor.sti: ,ii'to ~. q - . f.#.
The census OF Salt Lake City, just completed,
shows the population to be 1855, against s236
tenJyeafs ago. The great bulk of this population
Is Mormon. sgoG IL
The opening OF the, theatres In Paris Is mill
tary provision to prevent the troops.and the pop.
ulace from dwelling too much on their desperate
situation.
IL F. Newcomer, Esq. OF Baltimore, has been
elected yice.president OF the Wilmington and Wei
don Railroad Company, and Of the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company.
-Beast Butler,s friends, In New York have re-
solved to call p16iic meeting IN order to endorse
nis,plsniofs settling the Alabama claims The oo-
ject is. believed to be to secure the nomination OF
Butler for the Presidency.
-aE an,ty Interest," lady elders to know, on %
New York fashion authority. that round hats
have suddenly gone ont Of favor with young
ladies, and that gipsy Ionnets are taking ther
place."
-seneraIyon der Tam has gained several tm-
uortant successes during the present war, all OF
which, however did less TO make him generally
known Sbroad than his recept repulse. So uni.
forn,aave been German victories that only defeat
givss fame. ..5.5,.l ...l,. 70 .u.s '-.,:
2Iron Irin ships are rapidly superseding wooden
vessels In the English shipyards. In 1855 there
were 500 wooden snips built in England. In 1882
but a54. In 1868 the tonnage cf iron ships built
was os5 ..againss 81, ,s77 wooden and 2+,121 OF
composite. ....sa .sf-irc.s m. II
No wonder the Bavarla1 beer is so famous for
its uniform excellence Brewing Is a science
there-a subject OF special technical education"
At Munich and OF Augsburg ihere are schools
where every detail Of the beer.making process is
tausds theoretically and practically. ~ -
"A family OF three Italians cultivate large
garden In the eastern suburbs OF Menphis, anu
within the past year they have shipped not less
than sixteen thousand dollars worth OF caobages
and other garden prOduc's. They estimate their
profits at three thousand dollars for each OF the
three. sh,irf:'
Rhode Island, limited as She is In size, pos
sesses nthe largest room iii the world. It's 75o
feet long by "a Ieer wide. Tue building ia which
this room is contained is 200 feet long by 75 aud
four. stories high, and IS intended for cotton
mill, One or Two more .such buildings would
cause Rhode Island to disappear from the gaze Of
men.
Some idea or,ths railway sravas into and out
of London may be had FROM the fact that the TO-
tai Number trains entering and leaving the city
in one day isi ifsy four per hour, or very nearly
one per minute during the whole OF the twenty,
four hours rs ofdsSea Gay aud thisimmehse bus:.
ness. Is conducted. with freedom from accident
that Is almost exemption. .-,-.,... =,
Knew article Of import into this country is
bamboo Hbre, which Is now heing received to
considerable extent. 1t is used .as substitute
for palmetto leaves, the fibre or which was used
some time since for mixing wich any material
for the manufacture Of textile fabrics, but which
was Abandoned on account OF the difficulty o.
procuring sufficient quantity to supply the de-
mani Tor It,
-sit was Longstreet who s:Eiiatroduced Grant
to hist@ite then Mss Iu!ia Dent. Loagstrcet Is
cousin, being descended from George Dent, of
Maryland, who was member II Congress from
17sato. 1901, and afterwards moved 70 Mississippi.
He was my uncle, sir. The Longstreets AHgn-
ders and Others Of that re2ion are descendants,
andbecame connected wtc. US shrongh marriage"
SO said General Grants wlfe's brother TO an inter
viewer the other day. e.
1t is said that 0qpgreSs will be asked by the
leading railroads to modify the provisions Of the
act authorizing the transportation OF Imported
goods from the sea-coast to the INTERIOR and the
Western members win urge the desired modiaca.
tions. Tue features TO- which the most objection
is made are the compulsory appointment of spe-!.
cial inspectors on the railroad routes, to be paid
by transport,ht Companies. anu the prohibition
against carrying any goods not bonded in cars
devoted to that service, which are to be run,
whether foil o., empty. 20. .,l..,s.,,, .,,..s
-IRsNew ;Yerk Sun$sass *Blsaop Potter has
Initiated the example ofths Right Rev. DR.. Little
john; of. Rhade Islsnd, in relation to the new
order of English Ritu lists, Whose mea bers have
attempted onlclate in the diocese. The bishop
has pEibitsa aqS Priestpr missionary OF The or.c
ganiaaaonj froml p.' formiag -minlsteriai acts as
olergymen of the Episcopal Clutch IN his see; and
the pastors u the various churches are Liable to-