The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-28
Tbe GbarleStn1t 4emS.
TUESDAY, MAY 2s, 1872.
e Mr.. wnL1A4 E. SIMMONS, Jr., Is the
travelling agent for The NEWS, for sontn
NEWS OF THE DAT.

"A balloon corps is to be organized in tne
Prussian army.
The rice crop along the lower Louisiana
coast is reported to be especially nourisning'
and the ratoon cane also promises well.
The German army is 10 be furnished Win
rifle of anew pattern, sold to De "h i"p.
ment ON the old needle-sun, ana s'e"'''
superior to the chassepof.
THE large earrings, which have LOT Inc
mast year or two dis6gured ladies' ears, are
going ont of fashion, and studs of diamonds,
orother stones, are worn Instead.
Mr.. Dlsraeli,, the author of "Lothair,' was
presept at the recent marriage of the Marquis
of Bute, the hero of Lothian" and signed bis
name to the marriage certificate as one OF tne
witnesses of the ceremony.
An old gentleman is living at the Astor
House, New York, who registered his name on
The books of the hotel the first day 1t was
opened. and has been there ever since, perlod
of thirty.f6ur years.
The King Of. the Belglans presided al the
Royal Literary Fund dinner in London.
Archbishop Manning gave toast, Disraeis
made speech and the Archbishop OF YORK
said grace. ~
The whereabouts Of various celebrated
singers is given as follows: Miss Lonise heiIos
is sing .ng at Drury Lane. I-ondon' MISS hl,nn-e
Hanos Ia nc vienna, and the MarQuse de Caux'
Adslina Patti, is at ST. Petersburg. At Trieste,
a1oung Pole, aged seventeen and said 10 oe
very pretty, Is attracting great attention. Sne
has been spoken of as the successor OF Patti,
who will retire from the stage after next sea-
son. and 1t Is said that Mr.. Gye has already
secured the new prlma donna for the LONDON
Opera House. -.
Boston, not content with a monster 1nol-
lee. is about to produce another monster IN
the form of q gigantic balloon, which an sro-
naut of that city Is constructing. The circum-
ference of the body of the balloon is TO be one
hundred and nine. lone feet, and it will be
capable of holding one hundred thousand feet
of gas. 1t is to be called the Colossus, and Will
carry nearly seven thousand pounds when
filed with hydrogen. 1t is to have two cars
the upper one for scientific observations, ana
the lower one for passengers. 1t will be the
largest balloon ever used In this country.
M. Pavy, French gentleman, who has
projected voyage to the North Pole on an
India rubber raft, will start from San Francisco
shortly. with three companions. OF his asso-
clstes, one is Captain Hicks, who is the daring
seaman who crossed the Atlantic on the rai1
Nonparell The present raft Is of similar con-
struetion with that. The expedition goes hrst
to Petrolaulowski, thence to WrangePs Island.
After this they expect to make their way TO
the open Polar Sea, launching their raft, In
which they hope to reach the coast OF Green
land.
As Madame Luc , Is expected 10 VlslG us
during The coming year, the following estl-
mate Of her powers aufd style from an English
,ournaI Is OF interest: "Madame Iiucca's action
ia warmer and more tragic than that OF Nils.
SON. Her v0calIzatIon has more color, pas
sIon, aud enthusiasm; Is less o cold, coEstruc-
tive body of beauty, fuller of pulse vividnessi
and vitality; more sensuous and living; less
like splendid statue of Ice, brilliant, scintil-
latlng, rejecting every passion of lyrical
drama, but possessed of none. As conse-
quence, her style Is more sympathetic, and
exacts an equal sympathy from the audience
Secretary Boutwell, last week received
letter from lawyer in Philadelphia, enclos-
ing check for four Thousand dollars, and
saying: zone of my correspondents, natu-
rallied citizen of the United States, who re-
turned to Europe some years ago, has direct
ed me to pay over 10 the Government of the
United States, In an unobtruslve manner,
sum OF money, as token OF the obligations
he feels under to this free and noble govern
a hto ffa fo1 rd tho nQVmpnt 0f the
national debt. Enclosed, therefore, please
find my check on the Central Nstlona, Bank
of this city; to your order, for four thousand
dollars, which / send to you as the proper re.
cIpient, on behalf of the United States"
The Japanese mpldens, in Washington,
are making an excellent impression upon
those whom they meet, and learn the accom-
pllahments and fall into the general routine of
cultivated American society very easily. A
correspondent of New York paper recently
had the pleasure, for such he considered it,
Of playing croquet with three Of them, tor
they have come to understand the game as
we'll as All Sin, from q sister empire, did
euchre. They are reported to be quite pretty
and graceful In the extreme, and they take
kindly to the American dress, which they are
now able to dispose with as striking effect as
the best-lrained Fifth avenue belle, though
some awkwardness was manifested at first,
they having been quite as apt to appear with
morning robes bottom side up or wrong side ont
as the right way. They are not Princesses,
but daughters of the nobility, and are now
uader The direct charge of Mr.. Mori, chief OF
the embassy, who one day had to be sum-
moned to preserve discipline among them.
The American habit Of staring gives them a
great deal of trouble, and is an impertinence
which they are never gnlty CT, their manners
In general being unexceptionable Their
English Is very good, considering the time
they have spent upon it, though they think
that Americans talk very fast, and have a
great many Charles among them. On the
whole, the prospect Is that when their educa-
tlons have been completed, In ten years from
now, they will compare favorably with their
Caucasian sisters, and prove the experiment
q success.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial writes: "There has
been, within the past few days, rumor circu.
lated very quietly to the effect that power