The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-06

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sterling. and that Of Mesars. Barring Brothers
4 Onto u o0O.O0 sterling. A member OF
the House Of Commons put bis name GOWN
on Messrs.. Rothschild's list for eight mllllons
sterling. f,ae u 9ft3 a.
n-Ohicial sdvices are soon expected by the
government announcing that the Geneva ar
bitration Is at an end. There Is good reason
TO beHeYe, though the fact Is not known OIL
cially, that the total award made to the Unit
edstatesis about eleven million OF dollars,
beingiless than one-halti. OF the total amount
asked for damages and expenses.
Colonel Verdi du Vernois Is considered,
next 10 Field Marshal Moltke, the ablest strat-
eaist In the Prussian general staff. De ID Inc
son OF a French officer, who died IN 1915, 10
Berlin, In consequence Of wounds received al
the battle of Grossbeeren. His young WIDOW,
with her infant son, remained In Berlin, and
the bow was atterward educated at the expense
of the State.
The longest bridge in the world is said to
be on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad
over the Tensas and Mobile Rivers. It Is nj
teen miles In length, and has ten draws one
for each navigaBle channel. The bridge IL
self is OF wood, but the supports are iron cy-
Nrdsrs. The structure cost one million I'VE
hundred thousand dollars, and has been three
wears in course Of construction.
san Francisco is soon to be astonished by
the appearance In her harbor of q genuine
Japanese junk, the first mercantile vessel OF
Japan that ever sailed into an American port.
A q matter OF course the officers of this ou:-
landish craft will be dlned, wined, made the
targets of many speeches and no end of photo
graphic instruments, and If they could manage
TO bring their novel craft eastward overland, 1t
would be hauled by hand through the streets
Of all the great cities by enthusiastic crowds,
the officers be piled with more dinners and
wine, and the vessel Itself, perhaps, purchased
and cut up into chips for relics, for our people
love nothing 80 much as novelty. But the
coming commerce between Japan and the
= United States must be carried on In swift-go-
ing American steamships, and not in the odd
junks OF Japan. For the present let us be
thankful for a sight Of the junk, the like Of
which has never appeared In American waters.
-Brigandage In Italy has not yet, in spite
Of theexertions. of the authorities, been sup
pressed. 1t Is not a pleasant life, that OF an
Italian brigand. The romance Of it has long
ago been proved q myth. Fra Dlayolo makes
his appearance only In the picturesque attire
and studied attitudes of Castle or Hableman.
The real brigand is a brutal, ignorant, stoltd
murderer; eating coarse food, sleeping on the
-~z,ol t. al xpaokhora ohoood frorn rlon n
place, with no rest, wretched, ragged and
probably rheumatic. II it was not for his
crimes, he would be a pitiable object. Ee
certainly can lay no claim to be a hero. Gen.
erally.he Is content with sharing the frugal
meal of some frightened peasant, and steal
Ing small sums from native travellers. Occa-
slonally, however, larger prey is captured.
The brlgand Manzl, OF the Province OF Sal
emo, has Just seized o Signor Marcusi, and
refuses one hundred thousand francs ransom
for him. The government has offered q re-
ward of ten thousand dollars for the capture
OF Manzi, dead or alive. Another brigand in
the mountains OF the Basllicata has recently
released another captive for the ransom of
three thousand dollars. 1t appears strange
thstssuch q state Of affairs should continue to
exist In the midst of civilized Europe.
The effect of Chinese labor in the shoe
trade of San Francisco is thus described by o
local paper: 'There are In San Francisco
about two Thousand white operatives employ
ed in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
ChinameR who have had three years e1pe-
riencs In this kind of work are paid twenty
eight cents per pair for making ladies' shoes.
White operatives formerly received seventy
i've cents a pair. At this rate OF wages the
Chinese earn from 81 TO 81 26 per day. White
men formerly earned from So to So so. A
large number OF white girls were formerly en-
gagged In fitting or making the uppers by
machinery, but Cinnamon are rapidly driving
them from every shop in the city. The girls
received about thlrty-four cents a pair for TT
ting scolloped vamps and tops. The coolies
do the same work for twelve and a half
cents q pair. Cutters formerly were paid
Dixty cents per dozen for cutting out