The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-15
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF TIE. DAY.
Gold at New York, yesterday, closed at
11s.
The New York cotton market closed quiet
and firm at l4B; sales 2o62 bales. ,a
At Liverpool cotton closed armi uplands
71a7ld, Orleans 73a7sd; sales 10000 bales.
The Papal Nuncio at Bordeaux has been
instructed by Cardinal Antonelli to recognize
and enter into official relations with the new
French Government.
Madame Carl Formes was the first lady to
graduate from the Medical University at Wen
ma. She was the pioneer of the practical wo-
man-rlghts movement in Germany.
An Englishman claims to have invented
new microscopica writing machine, whereby
the entire contents of the Bible can, with the
help Of his contrivance, be written twenty-five
times in the space ola square inch.
"A Texas paper reports that since last Sep
tember $4,000 immigrants from Tennessee
and Georgia, with 1864 wagons, have entered
the ssLone Starr State, and that this is but
part of the great tlde-wave OF population flow
ing to the Southwest.
The Washington Patriot says: "As yet
there have been no government agents ap-
pointed In the Southern States to negotiate the
new. bonds. It is probable, hewever, that the
larger cities in that section will have agents as
soon as the bond negotiations are fairly In ope-
ration
"A searching investigation will be made by
the French National Assembly into the cor
rupt practices of contractors for supplies dur
ng the war. Many cases OF frauds are re-
ported in which Immense contracts for articles
at exorbitant prices were made, the articles,
on being tested, proving utterly worthless.
Shoddy Is evidently not confined to this
country.
DIR. Dio Lewis, in his new book entitled
sour Glrls,n advocates the use Of sun baths in
summer, saying: zone good bath In the sun
shine is worth more than many baths in water,
valuable as these are" There can be no doubt
regarding the beneficial influence of the solar
rays upon the uncrothed human body, but the
difficulty is how to get such a bath without be-
ing liable 10 the interference of the police.
Could not the roofs Of houses be utilized fOr
this purpose?
For the New York market '.pure Orange
County milk" is thus prepared: The-dealers
receive forty cans.of milk a day, twenty-seven
ortwenty.eight cans Of which they skim, and
then mix the whole together. This they color
with sort of tasteess refuse from the sugar
refining, which gives the mixture thick,
creamy appearance, It is then sent to New
York and sold for pure milk. They get six
cans OF cream, worth ten dollars q can, from
the forty cans OF milk.
There is good story told in Washington
about Chinese servant employed BY Admiral
Porter, On reception day the duty of attend
ing door was assigned to Ah Sin. Accustomed
to the social usages Of his own land where a.
visitors rank is Indicated by the size Of the
card, and where huge yellow one means the
presence Of prince, he treated the little bits
of pasteboard with contem pit. While nodding
his head and tossing the bits of paper uncere-
moniously in the basket, the gas collector hap.
pened to present his bill. The long yellow slip
took Ah Sin, and with. profound salaams he
bowed the astounded gas man into the pres
ence OF the amazed family.
-luC ~ 1Oih 1VOhahS Soo ooJo' "
have long suspected that Mr.. Kelley, Mr.. May
nard, Mr. Hooper, and others like them, hated
the Republican party Their conduct has al
ways weakened that party, and has, at last,
very greatly reduced its. preponderance in
Congress. It is high time for them to throw
off their false colors and come out as Demo
Gratis. Let them so openly where their SYM
pathies are. Nobody forbids them. They are
not wanted In the Republican camp. And We
advise the Tribune to go with them." 1t Is
presumed the Democrats would have no OBJ
lection to this accession, though there are
others, perhaps, that they would not be so
willing to receive.
1t has been discovered by New York busi-
ness men that drumners or travelling agents
are rather an expensive bore and nuisance
than otherwise. Therefore, they are thinking
OF dispensing witt, sa.iem. Theseactlve gentle
men number, they say, for New York alone,
about 25, ,0OO and the cost OF maintaining them
In their travels throughout the country foots
up between dfty and sixty millions of iollars a
year. II merchants should ubandoa the drum
ming system, q very large class OF most excel
lent persons will be deprived of employment.
Experience has proven that man who is q
good drummer Is good for little else. His
very gift of talking persistently, and without
cessation, is exactly the feature that would
blast his prospects-except as an impfoutsa-
tore-in any other pursuit lp active lie.
1t is reported the "Schiossberg," Volcan-
ic mountain overlooking the market town Of
Hohenems. Tyrol, fell 10. burning two priucl-
pal streets of the town and bnrying over nine
hundred persons; also destroyed the principal
church. A great excite nent exists, 10 conse-
ouence, in Transylvanta. It ts more probable
that the disaster Is not volcanic, but caused by