The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-30
NEWS OF THE Day.

Cotton clCseQ qulel at lV4 een'S, s'tss A-NS
bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed firm; upland;
e3a9ad, Orleans stas3d; Gales $4,000 bales.
Baltimore has raised $4,000 10 spend In
entertaining the National Commercial Conven'
ton now in session there.
Miss Charlotte Cushman Is playing Inc
week in New York. This is her first appear
ance on the stage for many years.
The reduced rates Of postage to Germany,
provided ior in the recent convention, goes
Into effect October 1st, on and after which
date the prepaid letter postage will be six
cents to Germany direct, and seven cents
when letters are sent in closed mails via Eng
land. Letters not prepaid will be charged
double these rates at the place Of delivery.
The interchange of postal money orders be-
tween this country and Great Britain for
amounts not exceeding $50 or ten pounds
sterling will begin on the I'd Of next month.
An eminent Judge used 10 say that, In his
opinion, the very best thing ever said oy a
witness to counsel was the reply given to
Missing, the barrister, at the time leader oil
his circuit. He was defending prisoner
charged with stealing donkey. The prose-
cutor had left the animal tied up to gate, and
when he returned it was gone. Missing was
very severe in his examination of the witness.
"Do you mean to say, witness, the donkey
was stolen from that gate ?" VI mean to say,
sir" giving the Judge and then the jury sly
look, "the ass was Missing"
"A party Of gentlemen. in saloon, ,disputins
over the question whether the American sys-
tenn OF treating, or the European system Of
not treating, was preferable, couldn't settle
the matter by talking, 80 they went to work,
testing it by practice. First, each man took
drink by himself. Then each man Invited
single friend to drink. After that each single
friend returned the compliment. And finally
each man in the party-there were six Of
them-asked all the rest to drink. When all
that was accomplished, not soul In the room
could tell where the discussion originated, or
what 1t was about.
"A correspondent of the New York Tribune,
writing OF two photographs Of the Emperor
Napoleon, one taken before the war, the other
taken In June last, says the former Is the por-
trait of man overburdened, overworked,
haggard with care and anxiety, and more toll
than he had strength for. In the latter the
face has grown round and full; the cheeks are
firm; the eyes have careless good nature; the
face and figure are younger; in the whole atti-
tude and expression Of the man as he is to-
day there is an appearance of ease, Of relief,
of good living, and Of saying, "You think
care, but I don't"
"A new exposure of the extortions prac'
tIced upon vessels by New York port officers
is exposed by The Tribune, Of That city: IL
what it calls the wholesale robberies OF the
harbormasters, who have charge Of the decks,
and who make shippers pay roundly Tor every
privilege, or rather every tight. They are
said to have had secret arrangements with
tug owners and tow boats, by which three OF
four prices for towing are paid to the latter,
to be shared with the former for the privilege
of "berthing" vessels. This imposition, ac-
cording to the Tribune. has been levied upon
every vessel entering ihe port, and severa
outrages Of this kind are about to be proved
in open court on one OF the rascals.
The Shanghai News Letter says that it de-
pends entirely on the nature of the soil where
tea Is grown whether the leaves Of the plant
shall be manufactured into green or black tea.
By careful and oft.repeated experiments, it has
been ascertained that the best black tea can
only be grown in soil strongly impregnaled
with iron. Where there is no iron in the soil,
the tea leaves are made into green lea. In all
good black-tea districts, it has been noticed
that chalybeate springs are abundant, and
there are other indications Of The presence o.
iron; while In the districts where green tea ia
made, the color Of tea is so changed, BY the
nature OF the soil and absence OF iron that it Is
known as "Ied-,eaftea."
Here is an interesting piece of intelligence
for ladies who wear false HAIR. A late Paris
letter announces that !: has just come to light
that ever since the 4lh of September The direc-
to, of the Paris prisons have been selling the
hair cut from the heads OF The female prisoners
who have been placed in their charge. AS
these females largely include The petroleum
sifends' of the Commune, is It not pleasant
for those American ladies who use false hair
If 1t be true that they do-lo know that the
hair taken from these women has been ar
ranged and prepared in the shape oil
ssswtches, )" .'cnrlS, "chignons," 'bandeanx," :"
and so on, especially torlhe American market
Our fair countrywom"n, without, perhaps,
being aware OF 1t, are at present really wear
ing their hair arranged la petroleuSe de la
Commune. If by chance the wearers OF these
''switches," &C., should detect the smell of
kerosene about them, they will know whence
the Revolutionary reminder comes.
1T would be interesting TO know whether
it's desire 10 be romantic, or mere accident,
which causes 80 many ladies 10 give birth 10
Infants while going through the world at the
rate Of tort, miles an hour on an express
train. II the former, We suppose the: cup Of
romance is full. II the latter, they ar entitled
to sympathy. But it really looks tc the disin-
terested person like a put up job" on the
baby, to prevent him in alter years from exam.
lining the old tumble-down structure where b.,
gave his first "sqnack." How disconsolaie /,
man must feel 10 grow up with the knowledg, 1,
that the exact location OF his birth is mys-
tery-that he might have been born in two :
three counties, and numerous townships, o.
on the European plan. During the past month
we have heard of no less than FIVE OF these
ANONYMOUS births One OF them under very
,,nfsvorable circumstances. Two OF these