The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-01
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Gold at New York, yesterday, closed at ll4.
The New York cotton market closed dull,
heavy aud nominal at 5lc; sales 1000 bales.
At Liverpool, noon yesterday, cotton was dull,
urlands sas r-l6d, sales 10000 bales; afternoon,
sales 5000 bales, including 1000 bales at Charles
ton at 7Hasd.
-Irma Is In Paris Rose Bell died recently In
London, OF cancer. Tosee and Aujac are singing
in Brussels. Leduc has been in the war, and LOST
one OF his legs.
The conjoined capital Of all the banking
houses Of the Rothschilds in London, Paris,
Frankfort and Vienna is said to be. in our money,
not less than $500, 100000.
The Francals says that In French restau-
rant, where cas-, dogs and rats are on the bill OF
fare the proprietor has stuck bill at his Kitchen
door. hesded "Forced union between bellige-
rents"
The London Times correspondent at Pera
ssys that there are renewed differences between
the Porte and Khedive. The Porte complains OF
disregard by the Khedive OF his last nrman, espe'
cially as regards ornaments.
Some Cincinnati ladies' thought to Increase
their beauty, when wearing low.necked dresses
BY painting blue veins on the exposed skin, but
were disgusted at the remark Of physician, who
looked at them tco closely, that they hadn't got
rnose veins painted within four inches of where
they should be naturally.
After the lapse OF about twenty months, there
has again been received trustworthy intelligence
of the continued safety OF Dr.. Livingstone.
DR.. Livingstone will find on his return very
different Europe from that he left, but from the
Old World, as well as the New, his final safety
will be hailed with fervid and unanimous en-
thusasm such as the great actors on the historical
stage can never hope to excite.
Efforts are being made to attract the atten'
ton Of capitalists to projects for building narrow
gauge two feet and six nches) railroads to ;he
White Pine mlning region OF Nevada. The Call.
fornians are about balldmg narrow gauge road
to connect the mines OF Arizona with the Pacific
coast, which will be fve hundred miles long, ar'
1t is estimated will cost through mountainous
country from $4,000 to $4,000 per mlle. Other
similar projacts are in contemplation In California
The London Army and Navy Gazette says
that: "It Is painful tax for US to announce
that ships are now Kept longer on foreign sta.
tions than is prudent, simply from the fact that
our reserves are so mtserably low that we have
no vessels to dispatch for their relief. The Lords
Of the Admiralty are blameless in the matter
They are anxious to repair and build, but they
are restrained by those in whom Is lntrusted the
disbursement OF the public money. There must
be soon day OF reckoning"
Samples Of salt produced by solar evapora-
tion from the wa;ers Of the Great Salt Lake, In
Utah, have been exhibited on 'Change In st.
Louis. No details are given as to its quality. II
good, merchantabe salt can be economically pro-
duced by evaporating the lake water, another
source Of wealth will be added to the induce
ments now offered for emigration to that Terrific
~. But al the salt In Great Salt Lake will not be-
able to save Brigham Young's supremacy much
longer.
The personal relations between the President
and Admiral Porter have In no sense been re-
stored to their former footing, and a,e not likely
to be. On the contrary, "His Excelency', has
had very plainly sgnifed to II, Admiral that
their intercourse hereafter must be formal and
confined to Official requirements. In view OF
these facts 1t would have been far better for the
Admiral not to have written the humiliation con-
tained In the memorable second letter, since 1t
seems to have produced so ,'ttle effect upon the
person whom he most sought propitlate. The
orst might have been forgiven, but the other Is
not likely to be forgotten, even by those who are
most charItably inclined to overlook impulsire
errcrs.
The Knoxville Tenn.) Chronicle, OF the lith
nit, tells Of an adventure as thrilling and mprob-
able as any that has ever adorned the pages Of
the most sensational story writer. A short time
sIrce drover, stopping for the night at an inn In
the mountains rear the dividing line Of Tennessee
and North Carolina, had his suspicious aroused
by the rough appearance Of several ill-looking
men who were about the premises. Therefore he
carefully examined his room before retiring, and
was horri1ed by finding concealed under his be
the body OF man, with his throat cut from ear to
ear. The d: over took up the body OF the murder
ed man. placed it carefully In the bed, covered it
up, and took his position behind the door 10 await
the result. About midnight the doar was softly
opened, and five men, armed with huge knives.
entered the room and stealthily approached tile
bedside. The drover did not remain to watch
their further proceedings but quietly slipped out
ofthe open door, and made the best OF his way
from the murderous den. The next morning be
raised force ana returned to the inn, where the
party succeeded in capturing four OF the gang
As Incredible as this story appears, the Chronicle
vouchcs for its truth on the authority OF respou-
aiale gentleman, and gives the name OF the drover
who was the hero OF the adventure, and who is
well known In JEFFERSON County.
Among the subjects thrust back BY the war IS
that Of Int national coinage. Thugs were going
on sWimmingly toward the adoption OF com.
mon system. Four European nations, with more
than slxty-sx millions Of Inhabitants, already
possess an International coinage. That Is to say,
nnnrchont In for
convention extends knows at once, II he taxes up