The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold was quoted Steaoy III NC" 1oih Joo
terday, at l3s.
Cotton closed steady at 2OEc, with sales o
Ao43 bales. -. = .'c,
in Liverpool cotton closed strong; up
lands 3D.; Orleans stas4d; sales $4,000 bales.
Intelligence by the last English maili
tends to confirm the cable report that SAND IL
filling up the suez Canal.
Kisses are sold at fairs In Iowa. A mar
paws certain amount into the general fund
and then selects the girl or woman he desires
to kiss. b..
MT. Stephens is already experiencing some
of the minor woes ofjournalsm. In the latest
copy of his paper received he says prominent
", hfor beautifully, in our last, read fear
fully"
David Pringle, ofNew York. agent of the
patent medicine lrm Of Thomas Holloway, o1
Io6don,: ,:has been arrested and lodged In Lud
low street jail, charged with embezzlipg $685.
600 Of his employers funds. . $50
The ice crop Of Louisiana Of 1871 is esti'
mated :ati itorty-nine thousand nine hundred
and seyenty-one b. rrels, of 200 pounds each,
against loo, TAO barrels in 1ses-7O. A full acre
age WAS put under culture, but the drought
cut of the yield. The prospects for the rice
crop of isn-72 are favorable, though the
acreage isshall. 5;...,. -, STR.
--Paris now exhibits few. traces OF the re-
cent struggle. The barricades have been
levsilea, new trees have been planted, and the
damaged buildings are being rapidly repaired.
Business has not yet revived, the briskest
trade atipresent being in photographs Of the
city tand eielics of, the war. The streets are
becoming crowded again with foreigners and
returning Pariaisns. =
E,.preaiaen,.. Davis declines to lecture in
Mobile. because, he says, his wGsds would pe
abused By political opponents in the Norta W
in,urs his Southern friends. The following is
the closing portion OF Mr.. .Davls's letter I'll
surely would not be- difficult, with the freedom
you aalowin the eetiohspf q subject to avoid
any expression which. cchld fairly be used to
the injury of my Southern friends, but it
would hardly be possible under existing cir
cumstancee to prevent my words from being
abused for such purpose. Hopefully looking
forward to the better day when such restraints
shall no longer exist, I beg you to make my
Acknowledgements. acceptable to your associ-
ateeSand to accept fo- yourself assurances of
the high regard with which I am your
friend"
"A Richmond paper publishes what pur-
ports to be q copy of aletter from Bismarck to
Virglnian, in acknowledgment Of the receipt
of some tobacco, with a,request that the fra.
grant gift should be equally divided between
his, Majesty. the Emperor, his Imperial High
ness the Crown Prince, his Royal Hlghness
Prince Frederick Karl, and himself. The let
ter says: -"As his Majesty does not smoke,
the.whole has been put at the disposal OF the
Crown. Prince, who ordered to be divided in
three parts. His Imperial Highness, who hap
pens to p.efer the pipe to the cigar, has re-
auested me to express to you his thanks for
your kind attention, and his satisfaction at the
high quality of your produce. beg to add,
Also. my thanks, and the hope that the weed
will only serve to replenish the calumet OF
peace .eS. - ;s-
The. Union Railroad Depot Of the New
York Central River, New York, and Harlem
and New York and New Haven Railroads,
just completed inNew York City, covers an
immense parallelogram, extending from For
ty.second to Forty fifth streets, 6S2 feet long
and 24o feet wide. The building Is construct
ed in the Renaissance" style, and the mater
ialsare smooth red brick and iron painted
white., The centre of the facade on Forty
! second street, on the south side, presents
tower l30 feet high, with towers llo feet hlgn
at each corner. The facade on the west Side
presents three towers ITO feet high. The
north side Is constructed entirely OF iron ana
has 10 high iron arches for the passage OF
trains The building Is 40 feet deep on eacn
front for the offices and waiting rooms, ana Is
three stories high. IN the inferior Is q ecu
tral space 650 ieet iDg; 2oo 1eet, covered Win
root formed OF glass and corrugated iron, ana
supported by 81 semi i-circular iron trusses lour
feet wide and one foot thick. Twelve lines OF
rail run the entire length OF this large shed,
: and are divided Into groups oy raised piat-
forms OF stone and cement
DIR. .Dollinger and his prominent adne'
rents nave at iast ior"aiiy oeclaleu MM sl
against tne lope anu enose oor "nv nse a.a. ~
authority Vi INC ,a''0''.i Uou.o 49,
slou arose Houh tho Puone''ion, W oe'eA"