The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-26
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL rs, 1871.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

OaleSs uplHuuS LOT CeuS.
in Liverpool cotton closed steadier; up
Il nds fully 1t; sales 1000 bales.
The French aid fair at Boston closed on
Saturday night, having realized $4,000.
Government is about surveying the Cape
Fear and Deep Rivers, North Carolina, with
view to improving their navigation.
Buffalo Is about making the experiment o!
lighting itself with ''oxygen gas" (so-called'
whatever it may mean,) under the patent of
French savan.
Brigham Young Is on another tour south
of his dominions, with a view to the extension
of his great moral vineyard.
The west side elevated railroad, in New
York City, was sold at sheriff g auction, Sat
urday, for $4,000. The attempt to operate ii
will b e:conIlnued.
The mayor OF Columbus, Ohio, has decided
to try the experiment of putting colored meu
on the police force, beginning with a few as
station-keepers.
-Jno. Morrissey purchased at the meeting OF
the Metairie Jockey Club in New Orleans, last
week, to bring North, the to1r-year old colt
Defender, by John Morgan, dam Cinchona by
Herald, for $4,000.
The cotton merchants at Havre, after long
deliberation, have resolved on adopting In the
classification of cotton the designations en-
ployed in America and Liverpool, instead of
the French ones heretofore employed.
Animals require much water, varying &C
cording to size, food used, work done, and
other circumstances. A horse requires eight
gallons q day. A COW will drink six gallons; a
sheep two to three quarts, while an elephant
will use up nearly a barrel.
The circulation of the postcards in Lon
don has risen to q million q week, and the
stationers are In high dudgeon, because, for
sooth, the government supplies writing mate
rial (the card) gratis, and the public buys less
letter paper In consequence.
in a lofty Building in New York a tele-
graphic meteorological establishment will soon
be erected, in connection with the Signal Ser
vice Bureau, whereby outward bound marin
ers will be Informed of coming storms. Later
something of the kind may be done at the
capes of Virginia.
The Selma and Meridian Railroad was sold
on Tuesday last, at Selma, Ala, to the highest
bidder for cash. It was knocked oft Messrs.
G. N. Jordan and q. q. wllhurt, representing
the bondholders OF the road, for 81 900, 900, the
minimum price liked upon 1t by q decree Of
the United States District Court.
Scholastic Boston Is sorely troubled be-
cause the chief cook Of the Parker House re-
ceives a much larger salary than the president
of Harvard College. The effect of this on the
mind of. the students Is >such that many of
them are reported to spend more time In the
hotel than in the halls of recitation.
Mrs. Crfttenden, the wife OF the murdered
man, was q witness in the trial Of Mrs. Fair,
in San Francisco, or the 18th instant, and
while she was giving her testimony Mrs. Fair
In a loud voice pronounced something she
had said a lie. When the witness left the
stand, the Judge fined Mrs. Fair $50 for con-
tempt.
-Ofthe several hundred postmistresses In
the United States, very few get what may be
called good pay. In seventy of the most pro.
ftable offices the income ranges from $1,000 10
$4,000. Only three pay the latter sum-, namely,
Leavenworth, Louisville and Richmond. Two
other offices pay $4,000. Twelve pay over
$4,000 and under $4,000. a..
"A feet Of steamers left New York Satur.
day for Europe, all Of them with nearly as
many passengers as they could accommodate.
In the list OF passengers was the name Of Miss
Fanny Janauschek, the tragedlenne. Among
the members of the present Congress who are
understood to be booked for a trip to. Europe
during the recess this summer are Senators
Wilson, schurz and Stewart, and Speaker
Blaine and General Butler, of the House.
The Arch OF Triumph, Paris, has been de-
stroyed by the fire Of the Versailles batteries.
What the iconoclasts Of the capital have
spared In their madness, fate reserves for the
have avoided the sacrifice. The Arch OF Trl-
umph was the proudest monument In France.
It was the first object to meet the eye of the
traveller Journeyiug towards Paris, and the
last upon which his regretful chances rested as
he left the city. It's fall is not the loss of Paris
alone, nor Of France but of all those who
honor art throughout the civilized world.
The late Omer Pasha, whose death was re-
ported by telegraph last week, was probably
the most widely known Turk In the world at
the present time, next to the Sultan. Born In
Croatia in 1906, he was educated as a mathema-
tician and merchant. In 1884 he adopted the
faith of Mahomet, and, dropping his original
name OF Lattus, took that Of Omer. He OBJ
tanned a position as professor of penmauship
In a military school in Constantinople, and
attracting the attention of his superiors in
rank, gradually rose in position, till, In 1853,
after nearly twenty years. service in the Turk
ish army, he was made generalissimo of the
Turkish forces. He was prominent In the
Crimean war, and was afterwards made
Governor Of Bagdad. OF late years he has
been commander-in-chief of the Turkish army.
He was a we'll educated man, and looked and
dressed like a Western European.
The comptroller of the currency states
that the southern States, for whose benefit in
part the bill was passed Increasing the nation
al bank currency s54. oOo, 900, have so far been
unable to take their quota or to establish their
share of national banks. Thus far, only about
fifteen millions have been paid out, and there
are applications on file for about ten millions
These come mostly from the
Western States aud Territories. The first dis
tribution was made, according to the Germs of
the act OF Congress, upon the basis Of popula-
tion. Alter this the distribution is to be made