The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-22
NEWS OF THE DAF.

Gold closed at l33al3i.
Cotton closed In New York at 244c for up
,onds and 24;c for Orleans; sales 400 bales.
The Greeley campaign white nats are u
be emphasized by Brown ribbon bands.
-Greeley's New York headquarters ior the
campaign are established at the Astor House
Every state-room on the White Star, ID
man. Cunard and German Lloyd steamers is
engaged at New York up to June 30.
in New York, the conductors Of the horse
cars ON the six cent lines refuse to associate
with their professional brethren on the i've
cent lines.
Large quantities OF wooden pals are ex-
norted from this country to Cuba, but the au-
thorities at Havana conascate all which are
uaInt.d with red and green stripes, as those
are considered revolutionary colors.
A medical college for the education OF
women has Just been chartered by the New
York Legislature, and several women Oh
wealth have agreed to furnish the money 10
erect buildings, and contribute TO us iueure
usefulness by liberal funds.
The Chicago Post says, a characteristic Oh
the umbrella is its Protean power OF changing
ehspes. You may leave bran new mulberry
six. with an ivory and rosewood handle, at
any public gathering, taking therefor check,
and within three hours 1t will transform ITSELF
into light blue or faded brown cotton, some
what less In Size than circus tent, with q
handle like telegraph pole, and i've fractur-
ed ribs.
Regarding the statement that Jefferson
Davis had announced himself as supporter o'
Greeley, the Memphis Appeal, an out-and' d'out
Greeley paper, says: "Mr. Davis AUTHORIZES us
to say that the story above given is wholly un-
founded. He never wrote to Mr.. Greeley
an any subject; never made any promise In
regard to the Cincinnati ticket to Greeley or
any one else, and as there is no other ticket
with which to. compare 1t, could not Lave
made the comparison as stated"
Tha Gar of Russia Is reported 10 De agaiu
subject to fits ofprofound melancholy. During
his recent visit to Sivadia, the Emperor nVeo
a yery solitary life and was constantly sombre
and tacIturn. For hours together he would
occupy himself in solitary walks, or remain
shut ND in his room, where he saw no one.
The mystical Ideas by which he has Tor some
years been possessed have obtained great In
fiusnce over his mind, aud, according to The
testimony of individuals who have had oppor'
tunities OF Judging, his mental powers are
seriously affected.
The bass drum for the Boston jubilee ID
1869 was child's plaything when compared
with the cne just completed at Pennington
Falls. Maine, for this years festlvity. The
diameter of the drst one was eight feet; that
of this monster Is twelve feet, while Its cir
cumterence ls thlrty-seVen feet and eight
inches, and Its width FIVE feet. 1t Is made OF
maple, requires twelve boards, each fifteen
feet long and thirteen inches wide, and con-
tains one hundred and ninety-fve square feet
OF timber. It is the largest drum In the
world, and was taken from the factory only
by tearing away part of the building.
Two practical jokers in Western town
who we're left In charge of numerous babies
IN a social evening while the mammas en-
loved a dance, changed the clothes OF the
little darlings, and arrayed each one In
strange habillments. The mothers, after an
hour or 80 of devotion TO Terpsichorean de-
lights, took their baby vestments and the dear
little forms therein contained, and retired to
their respective and once happy homes. On
preparing the little ones for the crib, sexes
had changed-girls were boys and boys girls
and with one universal yell, the enraged
maternals set out on baby hunt. At last &C
counts almost Ill had succeeded in recovering
the lost heirs; but the wags keep out of the
way of those matrons as much as possible.
"A ship canal across the peninsula of Florl-
da Is proposed, The route Is up the st. Johns
River for one hundred and twenty miles,
then up the Ocklawaha River for sixty miles
At this point ship canal for the distance Of
forty miles must be cut through the swamps
to the Amaxura River at spot thirty-fVe
miles rom its mouth, where 1t empties into
the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Keys. By this
route six hundred and fifty miles will be saved
On the voyage between the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi and the Atlantic ports. As the trade
of 1871 between the ports on the Gulf of Mex
leo ana those on the Atlantic coast amounted
to eight hundred thousand tons, 1t is believed
that handsome revenue would be derived
from the proposed canal.
The brig Abble Clifford, from Pernambu-
CO, has arrived at New York, in command OF
the lady whose name the vessel bears. There
Is q bit of romance, not without sad aspect,
connected with this remarkable voyage.
Shortly after the brig left Pernambuco, the
captain and mate died of the fever, and Mrs.
Clifford assumed her dead husbands place,
navigating the vessel all the way from the
equator to her destination. Ars. Clifford be-
longSto Stockton, Maine, and had sailed in
company with her husband on many previous
voyages, during which she took great interest
in the profession of her husband, by whom
she was taught the art of navigation. In the
present emergency the knowledge thus ac-
uuired was used in manner to reflect the
highest credit upon her sex, and presents an
example of patience and fortitude which must
win the admiration of men. Captain Clifford,
her late husband, was about thlrty-fVe years
old, and was highly respected foE his excellent
character and skllful seamanship.
dressmaking establishment recently
opened In London by the Princess Pierre Nas
poleon Bonaparte ls thus described: a quiet
page in buttons conducts the visitor to room
arranged with rare taste and elegance, with