The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-25
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold at New York closed at l2aal25.
The New York cotton market closed dull
and easierS uplands lssc; sales 1000 bales.
-AtLlverpool cotton closed strong; nplands
9a9td; sales 5000 bales.
1t has been decided to hold an internalon--
al exhibition in Vienna in 1873.
There is such an over.supply of Ice In New
England that the price is said 10 be declining
almost to nominal figure.
Amelia Garcia, o beautiful young actress
who was great favorite in New Orleans, haV-
ing been crossed in love, killed herself re-
Gently.
There is to be'a ree-cornered municipal
contest in San Francisco, the Republicans,
democrats and Labor keformers all having
full tickets in the field.
The American Colonization Society has
more than two thousand applications already
for passage to Liberia in the vessel which VIII
be sent ont in November next.
The project of cutting canal to unite the
Baltic and the North Sea is now under serious
consideration in Berlin. The enterprise fs
said to be feasible, the only serious obstacle in
the way being plateau two or three miles
: wide and about sixty-eight feet at It's highest
elevation.
The Millerites have cipbered out this time
that, according to the prophecies OF Daniel,
the world will come TO an end, and we shall
have s.the second advent" about The Sd OF
September. Consequently, says the New
York Herald, among the faithful believers in
this calculation Wamsutta cotton for ascension
. gowns is in great request.
The New York Standard says that the pro-
.gramme of the Republicans who do not agree
that the denomination of General Grant fs wise
is to nominate Schuyler Colfax. Further, that
the moyem ent is under the especial patronage
of Mr.. Greeley, and its friends are only wait
ing for the opporlnne time to spring bis
name before the country. The Standard
thinks oil the movements Of Mr.. Celfax con-
firm this theory.
The late Empress Of France used often,
when o child at Granada, as Eugenie Montijo,
to be danced upon the knee of Washington IT.
wing. In letter written in 1853, just alter The
elevation of Eugene TO the high station she
filed for eighteen years, Irving wrote the foE
lowing, which now reads almost like prophecy:
isThe last I saw Of Eugenie MontGo she was
one of the reigning bellies OF Madrid. Now
Eugene is upon throne, launched from q re-
turnless shore, upon dangerous sea, infamous
for Its tremendous shipwrecks. AIN to live
to see the catastrophe of her career and the
end of this suddenly cenjnred up empire, which
seems to be made Of such stuff as dreams are
made Of? confess my personal acquaintance
with the individuals in this historical romance
gives me an uncommon interest ia 1t; but
consider it stamped with danger and snstablli
~ and as liable 10 ex:ravagaut vielssttudes as
one OF Dumas's novels"
"A new industry has, during the past two
years, sprung up in Richmond, and at various
points along the railroads throughout Virginia.
viz: the manufacture of sassafras oil, which Is
extensively used for scenting soap and haVor-
ing tobacco. In Richmond this business &s
carried on oD an extensive scale by firm OF
co.ored persons, which uses up forty thousand
pounds of sassaras root week, or ten thou
sand pounds day, rs the flctory runs only
four DAYS Of the week. The oil manufactured
amounts 10 about Two per cent. OF the stock
used, 10000 pounds Of root producing SeS
pounds Of unrectfed oil, which is still further
reduced by The process Of rectificalion aud
cleansing from sediment, which it has TO 60
through before it becomes marketable. A gal
lon of fine sassafras oil weighs ten pounds, aud
about forty gallons are produced every week.
The raw material Is purchased atthe Richmond
factory at the rate of thirty cents per hundred
pounds. and the gatherers OF the root, II is sta
ted. can make as much as Two dollars day By
hard work. When The root has been received
at the factory, it is first cut up fine by chop
ping mackne, and then placed in large Tub
or vat, wk;ch Is closed with lght-ftting
cover, and steam is forced through the whole
mass. The oil is then distilled by ine ordinary
process.
oil wornont rails have Of late years given
riseio trade, CT The magnitude and impor-
tauce OF which btlt few Eot interested in it
have any idea. New York and Philadelphia
are annually in receipt OF immense shipments,
principally from England, although occasional
cargoes are also received from continental
ports, and few from The West India Islands
and South America; and the demand from the
rolling mills and iron foundries for Old rails
has recently increased this trade TO such an
extent that The demand is far IN advance oi
The supply, and sales are made a!nos; alto
gelher 10 arrive, and On a geld tas:s entirely.