The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-21

NEWS OF THE DAP.

NEWS Ob th6 DAxs
Gold closed in New York, Yesterday, at II
ALI. ~
Cotton closed with downward tendency
sales $3.50 bales at l45c. -
In liverpool cotton closed steady; upland
73a7sd, Orleans 7aa7td: sales 10000 bales.
"A citizen of Boston who recently died, be
queathed an estate of s3,ooo,oO to his :'eirs
by will of not over eleven lines.
The. Germans In New York intend celebra
ting the victory of Fatherland by a ademonstra
tion, on April 10th.
The Emperor of Germany has ordered
that. the huge iron gun .t'Carnot," taken a
MontSt evalerien, sheuld be sent to the coun
try-seat Of his minister Of war, Won Boon.
.s.LThe Medical Press is discussing the posi-
bflity Of secret poison 30 deadly, that:the pc
rusai "A letter containing some of 1t will
cause the reader to fall dead, with all the
symptoms Of asphyxts.
zoverFhe gate by which William win make
Ills trinmphal entry into Berlin are the brenze
losses and chariot that Napoleon the Great
tssushrrsd to; Paris after the battle or Jena,
and which were subsequently retahen when
the stiiss occupied the French capital.
The Emperor William has ordered the re-
lease from thez zf6rsress Of Ehrenbreitstein of
the protect Of Aisne, who has' been held q
prissnertherel charged with being an accom-
plice in,,bs blowing up Of the fortress of Laon,
in which 90 many lives we're lost. .
@-h music teacher once wrote that the ''art
ofphying: the, VIOLA requires the incest per-
csption and the most sense Of any art In the
hsFM world sWhereupon Western edi-
tof comments TINS: "The art of ofpublishing
naWspapeg and mak!ngit pay, and at the same
time making it please everybody, beats fd-
din, higher than klte.n e4s.
ds-A New York letter says: ga recent and
Important arrival among Us Is French dem
tist. whosdelights TO have everything pertain
tug ohis profession and ohfee-llfe as agree
aSe as possible, His Office is very handsome,
and teeth i+are extracted 10y gentlemen in full
dress aud white hid gloves During this pleas
ant operation, tie pleasure Is enhanced by
soothing ssrsins from fine musical boxes. La
dies are charmed. sand toothscarpentry is not
now considered as terrible az formerly"
Twenty years ago the Pennsylvania Cen
:tral Company started with three. hundred
miles ofarailroad under Its control. 1t now
controls folr thousand miles. and, In another
year, At rs believed, 1t will control the Union
Pacific; adding TWO Thousand miles more to It's
jurisdiction. In the Northern Pacific, the
mapaGsrsI OF the Pennsylvania Central have a
oentrohing interest. They appear among the
emp6rators Of the Texas, or Southern Pacific,
The neH trans-co continental line. subsidized BY
the Iats Congress. they arc now negotiating
for,the Camden and Amboy, the sole southern
railway outlet for New Yerk and the eastern
States. Since the commencement of this year
they have secured the Alexandria, Fredericks.
burg and Richmond roads, leading south from
washington. They are building line to com.
pete with the Washington branch Of the Balti.
more and Ohio. -
"A gifted New Yorker advertises, for the
benefit Of new Congressman, ready.made
speeches at the following rates Short, sensi'
BILE speech, on any subject, so cents; short
sensible speech, full Of facts, Is cents; short
sensible speech, with quotations from Cicero
Taeltus, &C., 81; ordinary common sense OBJ
seryatisnst (strongly recommended for private
business each, 10 cents;. anti .Santo Domingo
speech (very pungent,) so cents; protection
speech (great sacrifce,) cents; protection
speech, with statistics. 6 cents; protection
speecS.d Ia Butler: Every personally 10 cents
speech on foreign policy, rs cents; speech OF
foreign policy, with Insults to England, 81
cents; speech on the currency Ordinary 81
cents; speech on the currency, very superior
(quite pnintelligible. ,7scents; House Of Rep
resentatives jokes per dozen, 10 cents. Carpet.
baggers are reminded. that Mr.. s Smithers's
terms Ito them) are Invariably cash in. ad.
vance. A worthy industry
With the process of augmentiug wealth
among the Americans the demand for those
things which Riches alone, can secure Is
increasing. In this way q great trade In dia-
mondsis springing up In this country. There
are. three or four extensive houses in New
York especially devoted 10 the business of i'm
porting diamonds. Their 'sslock" is not very
bulky, but 1t is very valuable. It might be
carried>in in the fob-pocket OF one of the men,
bers of the firms, but its cash value would
serve to buy up a whole o'uck of buildings
1t is noticeable fact in connection with the
American demand for dlamonus. that only the
best stones are sold TO any great extent in this
country, and among large dealers abroad the
highest grades are invariably known al
s.Amerlcan diamonds" One "f tile most valu
able stones of recent ippor alton was tha
which vas presented In The snape Of breast
pin to William M Tweed, OF New York, no
long ago, by q number of his friends. Its cos
wsH$i6,600, and It's weight nine or.ten carats