The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-01
Tbt Maflestom Aews'
TUESDAY, OCTOBER l, 1872.
NEWS OF III DAP.

NEWS OF TIE DAP.
Pauline Lucca exercises the maternal
slipper on two children.
The twelve great nations of the world
own two hundred and elghty-fve lron-clads.
The subscription 10 the New York Italian
Opera season for thirty nights amounted 10
$50, 600 before a single advertisement ap-
peared. 49,
Sweden is credited with three Queens, the
Queen mother, Queen widow and Queen wife.
To these might be added Nilssoa the Queen Oh
song. :.
A favorite swlndle In Paris at present ls
thus described: An elegantly-dressed geht'e.
man enters o cigar store, buys seVefal irancS
wo,tb of cigars, for which he offers In pay
ment a hundred franc bill, receivesh his change,
and; walks of. In q quarter OF an hour arrives
another Individual who buys some cigars, ana
offars a -twaniy franc bill. but Wien the
chaupg was handed him, he says: III beg par
don. It was q hundred franc bill I gave you"
The merchant Of course knows better; but the
new conner gets very .angry, calls IN TWO
policemen, tells them he can Identify the hum
dred franc bill, (Which is of course the same
one his confederate recently left3 does identify
it by q mark on 1t, and the wretched merchant
submits to the swlndle, rather than be march
ed or to Jail as q dishonest person.
The Episcopallans Of New York have de-
cidea to build q cathedral for the diocese, and
the purpose Is stated by a New York paper to
be!to erect:an edIHce that ''shall surpass In
aige and expense the Roman Catholic Cathe-
drsl on Fifth avenue, whose massive walls are
already the most impressive features OF the
yenue.n This is not exactly the spirit 10
which tbs great cathedrals OF the old world
were built, but we dare say both the buildings
named will 20 up q COED deal faster than those
old structures which were the painful growth
OF centuries. The wealthy Fifth. ayenoodles OF
New York would doubtless undertake 10 build
half q dozen rival cathedrals, with all the
modern. improvements,n n less years than 1t
required centuries TO, build the old Gothic
cathedrals.y Fifth avenue ID now the fashion
able promenade of chnrch:goers on Sunday
MORNINGS; aud 1t can b~eimagIned what WILDE
the brIllIancy of the display whenthe " rival
cathedrals of this street get In full working
operation. t-f3'e <.
gGUnder recent regulations of the treasury
department persons returning from Europe
are required to make a brief statement OF the
number of their trunks, their contents, and
the articles upon their persons. Blank forms
sre-procurable from the captain of the steam
or. This olasslfes baggage which is subject
To duty, and that which Is not. 'Ofthe latter
lis wearing apparel;in actual use In! unreasonable
quantity, articles of the toilet, stationery, q |
few books, one watch, jewelry, &C., in actual
nss and In reasonable amount. Among arti-
cles subjectto duty are new wearing apparel
in excess OF that in general use, excessive
amounts Of jewelry. extra watches, articles of
.vertu, all presents, piece goods and other artl-
cles purchased for other persons. A certia-
cate Is sIgned by the passenger, but this Will
not necessarily relieve him from the liability
OF having his baggage searched, or from The
penalties of attempted fraud. Any fraud or
concealment, or attempt to bribe a revenue
officer, viii render the baggage liable to de-
tentioin or confscation, and subject the owner
TO other legal penailles.
Montenegro, a nominal Turkish province,
has refused to pay Its annual customary tribute
TO the Sultan, aud consequently there Is quite
q little buzz of excitement at Constantinople.
AS the money to pay this tribute comes from
Russia, the act OF Withholding 1t is suggestive
that the Gear has something TO do with the re-
fusal. The Sultan Indignantly declares that
he will make forcible collection of the money
due, and there ls o strong probability that such
a movement may be made If no compromised
effected. 1t will be remembered that nine
teen years ago q similar trouble arose, and a
Turkish army invaded Montenegro, only to be
driven back and defeated. The area Of the
country Is little more than four hundred
square miles, and the population not more
than 100, 900. Montenegro has, for many
years, been under the protection OF Rus
and If the Gear withholds the money, 1t Is
hardly probable that he will allow it to be
forced from the people. There is method In
the proceeding, which any one who has
watched the policy OF Russia towards Turkey
for the past two years can readily discern.
TO Tennessee people the feature Of this
political campaign is not 30 much whether
Greeley or Grant Will be the next President,
but rather who In the triangular fight now In
progress between johnson, Cheatham and
Maynard Is to ride into place on the suffrages
of the people Of old Tennessee. Andrew
johnson has odds to fight against surely; odds
that even bis determination and known integ.
rity can hardly overcome. Yet still prominent
citizens and politicians who have opposed him
in days agone, yielding at last to the admlra-
ton OF the many strong points In his charac-
ter, declare their attention to support him
now when they can prove themselves friends
indeed. Mr.. johnson has cleared up his record
as regards the c!amor against him on Mrs.
snrratt's account. He says he has no fears Of
that, and II there are people so Ignorant as to
believe that he comprised or was in any way
responsible, for Mrs. surratt's death, he is
willing to leave them where they are. In
reply. to the question of what the exact facts
were about,Annie. surratt's attempt to reach
him at the White House and being repulsed oy
him or his order, he said that he never knew