The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-10
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NEWS OF THE DAY
Gold closed in New York, on Saturday. at
12s. ., }: !.
sales 5000 bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed excited; up
lands aid. Orleans slassd.; sales 2o,o bales.
The servants In the bathing establish
ments ofLong Branch are spoken OF as souse-
maids.
Colonel R. A. Alstop has resigned the posi-
tton OF assistant editor on the Atlanta, Ca,
Plantation.
The largest rope in the world has been
completed in Birmingham, England. It is about
ak miles long, Ave and a quarter inches In
circumference, and weighs over sixty tons.
The department of docks Of New York
have decided to build pier at the loot OIL FIJI
tv,seyenth street, East River, 500 feet long and
6owide, under the new system OF Genera NC
CIellan. )
"A committee of twelve members has been
APPOINTED to frame Pharmacopeia for the
whole of the German Empire. II is thought
that the work win be ready by the first OF jan
nary next.
= "A NortherD fashion authority tells us !:
Broad muslin bows, otherwise called saeerdo-
tals. are again the fashion, and considered
very stylish for morning toilette. Pearls are
now preferred. for engagement rings, because
solitaire diamonds have become 80 commonl.
The Prussian sense of what is due to fallen
greatness will not permit Napoleon and Eu-
genie to be maligned by means OF scurrilous
nlctIiree. "a caricature OF these two ex-poten-
tates. representing them dressed as meunte-
banks, has been seized OF strasbourg oy tne
Pnlsaian; authoNties, and the artist and the
publisher have each Deen condemned to heavy
tines and months imprisonment.
Bristol, England, Is about to establish Q
line ofsteamers to New York. The first vessel
Of the new line, the aAragon," lett for New
Yerk on the LIST instant. What is Interesting
about this fact is that It was at Bristol that the
uGreat western = the frat steamship that ever
crossedthe Atlantic, was built, and that she
was dispatched from that port to test the I'M.
aolyedproblem orocean navigation With steam.
AMI. Matthison, who had written q. song
to be sung on the 4th as apart OF the celeora-
tion In Nav York, writes to the Herald OF
that city, fnanagony of mind, to say that its
printers have made him say, ''and the glitter
Ing stars types Of fsurrenders to ocome. ."where-
as he had written ''splendors to come" This
looksas though the Hsrald's printer had made
his little joke at HI. Mahhison's expense, and
made some quiet fun of his poem, "The Flag
ofWelcome."
The Khedive of Egypt, who, although o.
subject Of Turkey, and q 7lceroy Of the Sui
tan's; has himself strong itching for 'per-
-n0uui gUvernnent, nus uFssIrr n1uuu6 0u co 6e'
into trouble with the Porte. This time he has
been borrowing money largely, and the Sultan
has protested against this, it being shrewd1y
surmised in, Constantinople that the KhediVe
s.means business In q military way, and that
he purposes 10 prepare himself for o war Of IN,
dependence against the sultan's authority. He.
is engaged in arming the Egyptian troopswith
arms and munitions of war Of the most ap-
proved modern patterns from this country,
and, ina general way, maintains threaten.
ing attitude. Perhaps erelong his fine array
of American officers may see some active ser
Vice against the, forces Of the Sultan, and win
their spurs where folty centuries look down.
upon them from the Pyramids.
-On the evening Of the procession day at
Berlin, the Emperor, having dlned In state
withthe members OF the royal family and Six:
hundred military and civilian guests, attended
the grand performance at the Royal Opera.
The house was crowded, and the audience
most brilliant. All present were the Invited
gaests Of his Majesty. The entrance of the
royal party, consisting OF the Emperor, EN-
press and Crown Princess in gorgeous attire,
wasthe signal for 8 general manifestation Of
welcome. The TWO statues of Frederick Will.
liam III were exhibited, the orchestra striking
up the national anthem. The great feature
Of the occasion was melo-drama, by Dr..
Rodenberg, In which Justice and Peace are
personated, and their supposed relations to-
wards The recent conflict typlfed. This was
succee ded by the appearance in tableaux-Vi-
wants Of Barbsrossa, the series beginning with
the Crusades, and then proceeding to CONNIE
morate the founding of Prussian power in the
seventeenth century, the exploits of Frederick
the Great, the war against Napoleon ], and
lAter events Altogether, it was an imposing
advertisement, and was keenly relished by
those who we're present.
-Acharming way to ring out an old fashion
and rir {, ma new, was that adopted by some
young la.ies Of Berlin with reference to the
heat In Germany, Is, If anything, more
ardent among the women than The men,
as indeed it always has been and will
be the world over. So the fair patriots
resolve to reflect more Of the German
nationality in their dress and abandon and
henceiorth. ignore French fashions. but more
especially the really odious chignon. Accord
lngly the sixty young ladies, daughters Of the
wealthy citizens, who were selected to welcome