The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-25
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1871.
NEWS OF TIE DIP.

MONDA1, lEnocp 20, -1Otts
NEWS OF TIE DIP.
Gold closed, on Saturday, at l4sal5.
Cotton closed dull and heavy In Nev
York; uplands 1870; sales 706 bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed heavy; upland
ssd., Orleans 3d.; sales s00ebales.
Ladies' round hats will be worn very hig
this iall.
The Austrian Emperor is to visit Berlin \
October.
of the 3,4s7, 1924 people in England, G43,OO
or nearly one. fifth are foreign born.
The shade of red called "Sang de Prnsse
will be very fashionable in silks for Pari
street costumes.
Marriage licenses in Maryland bear the
State seal with the,State motto-''Crescite e
multiplicamini." qncrease and multiply
The latest idea is to have the instep o
ladies' boots padded, 30 as to give the high
arched appearance which Is 80 much admired
st. Louis has received her first direct Inn
portation under the bonded car system, an Il Il
voice uf ninety.ive cases Of jjeiiies jetiiiiies and pre-
serves from Glassee~E:
"A. T. Stewards bedstead Is reported to be
of rosewood inlaid with colored mosaic, to In
vlte Tor the millionaire, no doubt, rosy slum-
bers and rainbow-tinted dreams.
1t is stated that five hundred emigrants
from Portugal will shortly arrive In Charles
City County, to occupy tract Of 10000 acres
of land, about twenty-five niles below Rich
mond, Va.
- The ministers of France, Austria, Holland
and Belgium, in full uniform, were received at
the Vatican on the oath, and presented the
congratulations of their respective govern
ments to the Holy Father.
The account OF the land sink in Orange
County, communicated TO the Palalka Herald,
turns out to have been one of those pleasant
little provincial jokes that we sometimes see
In the prints. There has been very long and
disastrous season Of wet weather In that re-
gion, but beyond that, the report is pure fc-
tlOn.
Since the collapse of the oil speculation,
comparatively little hos been said about petro.
leum, and few people have any adequate Idea
OF the important rank it holds among the pro-
ductions Of this country. From the report Of
The bureau Of statistics, it aphassrs that last
year petroleum was the fourth article cs ex-
port from the United States, exceed Led only by
breadstuffs, cotton and corn. rhe total value
of the petroleum exr.y rr..yrred amounted to nearly
thirty-six rr..,ons of dollars.
-rne hotel of the French ambassador IN
Berlin was decorated, I'LL within the last few
days. with the initial N. and and the arms OF
the Emperor Napoleon III carved in stone on
the fucade. On the 2sth ultimo, several work
men were to be seen occupied In covering The
symbols of the empire with sheets of zinc
not efacing them. Several Berlin Journals
ask, not unnaturally, II this procedure has
been adopted in the belief that an imperial
restoration is still on the cards in France.
Chief Justice Chase wears gold dollar at
tached as charm to his watch-guard. He
says: ~ put that on my watch-guard when |
issued the first greenback, intending to keep
it there till the greenback was as good as 1t
was. wore it for long time, and things
looked so bad that began to despair OF ever
realizing my expectation, So ! put it away
locked 1t out of sight After awhile change
came for the better, and / took 1t out once
more: but begin to be afraid that I'll have to
lock 1t up again.
An address to the Conservative voters OF
Virginia Is put forth, signed by R. I. Daniel,
Robert Ould, wm W. Crump and others, with
reference to the coming elections. After re-
viewing the financial condition of the South
ern States and their. frightful debts, the ad-
dress SAYS: Consider that LOT oil this these
people have absolutely nothing TO show. The
money has been simply stolen and squander-
ed. And what is it that has made Virginia thus
far shining exception 10 the rapaclty, cant,
ignorance and corruption, public and private,
which, under the shelter of these reconstructed
governments, are pressing the very life-blooa
ont of our unhappy Southern brethren? The
answer Is plain: Her government is In the
hands of ner own conservative people. Keep
1t there, fellow citizens"
The appearance OF Herr Wachtel, the great
German tenor, ut the Stadt Theatre, New
York, on Monday night, was great musical
event. The Bowery was literally choked up
with carriages that were going toWa!GS the
little German theatre. All the artists of any
repute were also there. The opera given was
Adams Position OF Longerneau," given in
German. This opera, which is very much out
OF fashion, was not calculated 10 test his
capacity as singer, but it Is stated that it
showed that he had voice of great natural
power, and somewhat Inferior sweetness; that
he uses the talsetto considerably, q very bad
habit, and brings down the house with high
chest C, which he reached with remarkable
ease. He has great dash and ease as an actor
and quite carried the audience away with him,
although more cautious critics think that they
would prefer to hear him in some heavier
work.
For some time past dark clouds have been