The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-14
NEWs OF TEE DAK


from drowning In South, Bay by jumping from
the.boat and swimming 10 the yacht from
which the child fell.
The Emperor and Empress Of Brazil are
going to spend the winter, until February, IN
Rome. Slavery is to be abolished in Brazil,
and. the instrument of abolition will be execu'
tedin Rome, and will be signed by the Pope.
Having been offered ten thousand dollars
In gold, by submarine cable, to write a lie OF
Christ, Spurgeon, the giant English preacher,
has telegraphed back that as good life Of
Christ as could be written would be found In
the.New Testament.
The American Colonization Society will
dispatch vessel on the lst of November next
with emgirants for Liberia. Some TWO thous-
and very respectable, enterprlsing and Indus
triors people of color have made application
for passage, and according to the latest reports
through ..The African Repository urgent re-
quests to this end continue to be received
fom;yarious parts of the Union.
-A proposition made by some of the Popes
most. jealous supporters In Europe to confer
upon him the title Of Plus the Great, has been
BY him declined, and throne of gold offered
by the came friends has also been refused.
But to give point and utility to his refusal, he
proposed that his friends appropriate the
money the throne would cost to the purchase
of exemptions for, students of Catholic SEM
inaries from military service.
During his Pontifcate of q quarter Of q
century Plus TX has Witnessed the deaths Of
nearly q hundred Cardinals, and has all but
twice renewed the Sacred College. There are
alive to-day only nine Cardinals who were pre-
sented with their hats by his predecessor,
Gregory, and the youngest Of these is rs years
oEage. Twenty two hats, an unusually large
number, are just now vacant; and the mem
bers OF the Cardlnalate now at Rome and be-
longing to the Curia are only twenty EIGHT In
number, Of whom three or four are reduced
more or less to state Of Inactivity by ageor
sickness. ~
The London Times makes the following
announcement: .sHls Imperial Majesty the
Emperor OF Germany has been pleased to con-
fer on ,Mr. William Howard Russell, LII. D.,
the iron cross, of the second class with the
white riband, in recognition OF his services,
when attached to the headquarters of the
Crown Prince, in recording the history of the
war as our special correspondent. Count
Bernstorf conveyed to Mr.. Russell the crose,
and the expression Of his imperial masters
pleasure in very fattering letter; but, al
though Mr., Russell is not in the service Of
the crown, he must have her Malesty's per-
mission to wear the order, as well as the
war. medal, which is the correlative Of the
iron crosslo
The following story is told concerning the
celebrated Koh.i-noor captured In India: 'sThe
Koh.i-noor was obtained in this cheap way In
1919, that well known diamond became part
of the spoil .ofsthe Anglo Indian army, on the
CONQUEST and annexation of the Pupjaub, and
being then estimated at 81, l,25o,600, there was
great Joy over such prize. without consult.
ing the army, Lord Cough and Charles Napier,
chiefs In command, audaclously presented the
great diamond to Queen Victoria, in the name
OF the .combatants. It was not the generals
right to rob the army by bestowing the great
eat OF Its spoils OF war upon the Queen, nor
ought she to have accepted 1t without seeing
that the soldiers had been paid for 1t. From
that time the Indian army have not received a
shilling for their capture Of the Koh-i-noor,
and Victoria has retained the gem as her own
personal property, instead ofplac:ng it among
the crown jewels belonging to the British ma
lion"
There is in Albany, New York, manufac-
tory that is, as yet, the only one Of Its kind in
the world. The article manufactured is BIZ
lIard-balls, and the material used is not ivory,
nor any other kind of osseous material, nor
what Is commonly called vegetable ivory
although 1t might well claim the latter name,
being, in fact, cotton fibre. This, when sub
United to hydraulic pressure, becomes as solid
as stone and as elastic as metal, and possesses
many advantages over natural ivory. The
iyory bali Is liable to warp, and SO becomes
uncertain In its movement, which can only be
corrected by returning it, which reduces its
size. It will also crack and very soon gets dis
colored, while the cotton-ivory ball Is Of STAN
dard weight. equal thickness, absolute hard
ness, and It's color permeates the whole ball,
andis not easily changed by usage or expo
sure. Asiatic hemp has also been used, In
stead Of cotton, and with an equally satisfac-
tory result. This new manufacture has met
with great success, and found ready market
inlhe Pacific States, the Mississippi Valley,
New Orleans and Texas, and is gradually work
ing It's way nearer home, where 1t will doubt
less soon, to great extent, replace the less
durable and more costly ivory balls that have
been in use ever since billiards were first in
vented.
The Birmingham ..England) Gazette gives
the following account Of the adventures of an
Englishman who declined to pay an income
tax: A man already assessed left Nottingham
and went to Birmingham, leaving IS of income
tax unpaid. He was followed to Birmingham
and requested to pay up his arrears. He dis
regarded the notice served upon him. What
Ia more he stuck them In his Office and anno-
,ated them satirlcaliy. At last he was inform
ed iu red letters That If he did not pay he would
he "proceeded against" Being q man of
nerve he took no notice ofthe threat. Then,
in the course OF month or two he received a