The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-04
Tbe Gbaflestn,t Nems'
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1871.
Persons leaving the city during the
summer season can have THE DAILY
NEWS mailed to their address at One
NEWS OF THE DAT.

Gold closed in New York, on Saturday, at
l2tal3.
Cotton closed firm; uplands lsl cents;
sales 1892 bales.
In Liverpool cotton also closed firm; up
lands siassd., Orleans 93a9sd; sales 14.ooo
bales.
The New Orleans PicaYune estimates the
Louisiana sugar crop this season at 225,0Oo
hogsheads.
Handmade lace, of all the industries OF
France, has suffered least by the war. being
chiefly carried on by women.
John Quincy Adams, 1t is said, will proba-
bly again be the Democratic candidate for
Governor Of Massachusetts this fall.
The break in the levee at Bonnet Carre,
which did 80 much damage to Louisiana
plantations last spring, has not yet been re-
paired.
The Princess Louise and Marquis Of Lorne
when they visit Canada this fall are TO extend
their Journey to New York, Philadelphia and
Washington.
The African cannibal VITO recently killed
boy at Kingston, Jamaica, roasted his lips and
drank his blood, has been found guilty, and
sentenced to death.
The estimated wine product OF three
counties of California is l,096,200 gallons.
What becomes of all this fermented grape
Juice is question not yet satisfactorily
answered. Probably it goes to swell our i'm
ports.
BY a brilliant arrangement at dowE-east
watering place, whittier all the guests are
conveyed by steamer, the boat whistle gives
information OF the number TO arrive. blowing
long whistle for every ten and short one
for FIVE persons. Dinner is prepared accord
ingly.
The Druggists Board of Examiners appear
tc be having things their own way in New
York, despite the opposition of the apotheca-
res. About twenty-five druggists are e3amin'
ed daily, and about one-third are rejected.
The rejected ones have chance to read up
and try again, however.
Fashion writer's say that an entirely new
style OF arrangir: the hair Is to be adopted
soon. The old French twist in the back is to
be revived, but rendered more graceful by
plat or cable Of hair surrounding 1t, dropping
low on the nape of the neck. A coronet OF
hair is to take the place Of the Pompadour
roll, and from beneath that coronet light curls
and irzettes are to fall on the forehead. Four
long curls, two on each side, are to fall on the
neck and shoulders from beneath the braid or
cable. The temple hair is to be brushed high
and smooth.
The watch trade Is cited as an illustration
of the reason why women cannot earn the
same wages as men, although possessing
equal mechanical ability. In England 1t is
stated tia: many of the workmen had tried 10
instruct their wives, sisters and daughters to
follow the business, but that the nervous
power of women was inadequate for work re-
uuiring such etrict accuracy as matchmaking.
The watch trade, 1t was asserted, had gone TO
Switzerland because many persons were not
particular as to the variation in the rate ef
their watches. and therefore purchased
cheap and inferior article, the produc; OF the
labor OF the Swiss women.
-Itis said that the German soldiers who have
returned from the late war have not been inju-
riously affected by the scenes OF b!oodshed and
violence through which they have passed.
The hardships and perlls Of the service, 1t Is
well known, demoraze the character, and
after the Austrian war OF 1866 the Prussian
soldiers. it is stated, came home rude, insolent
and ungoverlable. After the recent Franco
German war 1t was anticipated that the same
traits would be visible, but on the contrary it
is reported that the returned soldiers are
modest. self.restrained and quiet. This effect,
it is argued, has been produced through the
influence of defensive war, and the priTa-
.tions undergone by them in their terrible hight
ing, involving the loss OF so many conraoes'
suferings aud trials.
-lAe London Lancet, replying to attacks
on Queen Victoria, based on h + absence from
evening entertainments, ant on her brief resi-
dence in London, makes tie statement that
the Queen is not physically capable OF bearing
the effects Of crowded or overheated rooms, or
of prolonged residence in London. Tive Lam
Get saws that the effort Of entertaining in the
evening produces upon the Queen great and
Immediate discomfort. followed by slGepless.
ness or disturbed rest and severe headache,
and that the Queen rarely visits Buck ngEam
Palace, her London residence, without suffer
ing in similar manner. The Lancet reminds
the public that the Queen is lady nearly fifty
three years old, and does not possess he re.
markable physical vlgor and nerV.-rov er she
exhibited twenty years ago.
Adyices from Berlin state that 'lter the
acquisition of such vast numbers Of 'ides and
cannon as The last war yielded to lrussia, 1t