The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-09

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Gold clesed dull yesterday at ll2alls.
Cotton closed dull in New York yesterday;
uplands lsa cents; sales 1923 bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed heavy; uplands
e,d. Orleans 81; sales 10000 bales.
The health of Marion is comparatively
good.
oneen Victoria is said to have fortune OF
s35,000,0OO.
-Parepa.Rosa has lost $4,000 by an In
vestment in Chicago on second mortgage.
Fourteen thousand families, or about Blk
ty.three thousand persons OF all ages anu
sexes and colors, are now receiving aio fom
the CHICAGO Aid and Relief Society.
The Russian styl. of dress, 1t is said, is to
no adopted here this winter, and bonnets,
gloves, boots, dresses, closks and Vels are 10
he trimmed with all sorts and kinds OF iur.
The hoee of alliance between France and
Russia. which would be followed by recon
c,liaton of the latter Power with Great Britain
is still very seriously entertained oy M' Iniers,
John Ruskin says: Though have kino
Invitations enough to visit America como
not even for a couple of months live IN coun'
try 80 miserable as not to possess any casties.
What will the poor man do when he dies
-yiscountess Avonmore, better known as
Mrs. Yelyerton, has just been heard from al
Hong Kong, where she had been exposed 10
terrible cyclone, and only escaped With her
lie through some marvellous good fortune.
The Column vendome will soon be re-
buiIt. The greater part Of the broken pieces
ara already recast The scafolding neces-
sary for the rebuilding of the column Will te
nnwards of one hundred and sixty feet IN
height.
The Vlceroy Of Egypt is said to have paid
Verdi $4,000 for the exclusive right OF the
first representation Of his opera "Aida" at
Cairo, whilst $4,000 has been paid To- the
right of performa lance at Scala, Milan; 30 Verdi
gets $42, ,0e0 for his work.
Some idea of the magnitude of the inter
ests Involved in the textile industry OF me
United Kingdom may be gathered from the
fact that the number Of persons actually en-
.ployed In the mills, factories and Worhs now
falls little short OF one million.
Shorthand writers are scarce In France,
and the number In that country cannot sup
ply the demand. The salary of the official
stenographers is fifteen thousand francs a
year, and they are lodged at the governments
expense in the legislative palace
The names OF the streets recently built IN
the northern suburbs of DnhliD, Ireland, are
indicative of the progress Of the home rule
movement. A row OF houses running OF
Berkeley Road, near the Mater Miserlcordi@
Hospital. has been christened Home Rule ter
race.
A classification of the Communist prison.
ers at Versailles has been made, from Whicn
It appears that there are one hundred ana
thirty.one Italians, twenty seven Swiss, seven
ty.three Russians, torty-two Germans Two
hundred and twenty-nine Poles, seven Eng
rsh, eleven Spaniards, three Portuguese and
one Swede.
The latest gossip about the future resi-
aence Of the King Of Italy states that Victor
Emmanuel has decided to live In Rome. The
King ia 90 doubtful himself on this head, how
ever. that no reliance can be placed IN any
thing that the newspapers may say on this
subject The fact is notorious that for some
special and powerful reason he has no taste
fer his new capital.
The constant reiteration by the French
press that the German soldiers, during the
late war, stole all the available clocks IN
France. has aroused the wrath Of the German
Ambassador in Paris, who has sued the
GauIols, in that city, for having stated that
two thousand pianos and twenty thousand
clocks had thus been stolen. 1t will be curl
ous to see how the Paris Gaulois will prove Its
assertion.
Congress, upon reassemblng In Decem-
Der, will have before 1t seven hundred and
ffty-nine bills which were pending at the time
Of adjournment. OF these four hundred and
forty are In the House awaiting the appoint
nnent of the committees for reference. A num-
Der OF the bills are similar in character, seven
of them being for repeal of the income tax.
Ten land-grab railroad bills are among the bills
pending.
Miss Cushmans representations OF Meg
Merries, now being given at New York, are
said to be even more faithful to nature than
they were of yore. The grandeur Of her con-
ceptionof the character Is only surpassed by
the vghemence OF her embodiment'oti IT, She
fills the stage, and the subtle influence which
she exerts over the performers extends be-
yond the footlights to the audience. 1t may
safely be affirmed that this lady is without q
rival on the tragic stage.
1t appears from their investigation that In
skilled, wounded and missing" the workmen
In Paris have decreased in number to the ex.
tent of 100000. AS regards some special
trades the statistics they give are very curious.
Out Of the 24.00o workmen employed in shoe
making 600 are in flight or in prison. The
tailors are equally badly Of. Ths jewellers
appear 10 have emigrated en- naasse. The up
holstery and furniture trade, which employed
upward of $4,000 hands, Is just now 10 slate
of collapse for want of skilled hands.
Great excitement prevailed in Lewiston,
Me-, last Friday, over remarkable case Of
suicide, by witch two young girls perished.
About one o'clock, Ada Brown, Of Buckfeld,
and Anna Wood, Of Hartford, were seen stroll
Ing along the banks of the Androscrcggin,
toward the falls. They were engaged in earn
est conversation, and there was nothing un-
usual in their appearance to attract observa-
tlon. On arriving at the falla, they divested
themselves of their outer clothing and deposit
oa ooraG,N, ,,on tho AfSpr q fou