The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-03
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAP.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
The Chateau de Monte Christie on the
banks of the Seine. which was bought ana
baptized by the elder Dumas, has just been
put up for sale In Paris.
Iron shingles have been recently patent
ed, and are said to be less expensive tnan
slate. They are made about six Inches Dy
thirteed inches In size, and fasten with TWO
headless nails.
Prussia will soon have an Imposing navy.
In 1868 che had forty.fve war steamers anoa'.
At the close of last year they had been IN
creased to fifty-seven, of which six were IRON
clads. Twenty.nlne other vessels OF war; anu
among them eleven iron-clads, are either now
In process of construction, or will be shortly.
The MONKS of La Trappe have clock 10
their large hall of tie convent which Is
frlghttully complete piece of handiwork ana
mechanism. perfect human skeleton stands
py the wall, pointing with lts fleshlcss fingers
at the hours mar sed upon o dial, which re-
volyes This picture is hldeous one, OUT
the Monks see moral In its existence and
lesson 10 its death-llke certainly.
john Harper tells the Long Branch cor
reanondent of the Commercial Advertiser
that Longfellow is not permanently Injured.
Hell taking his daily galiops now, land will De at
Long Branch August meeting, INT not to run.
His half-brother, Littletop, will be In the four
mile race, and Harper has great deal OF con-
fidence In him when matched against King
fisher, Alvoy, and 4onarchist.
1T has been said that circle of ladies 10
the Faubourg St. German, Ia Paris, have
proposed the levSing of heavy tax upon
their own dressmakers' billie, to declare to
government that they are ready to bear them
selves, and to iufllct upon their sister Paris
iennes, q tax of ten francs on every one hun
dred for all dresses costing more than one
Hundred francs, for the purpose of aiding the
national budget.
The Japanese Government has found 1t
desirable to announce that. althoug some
time ago 1t granted to men the privilege OF
wearing their hair according to their fancy, 1t
did not propose to allow any such freedom on
the part or women. On Cne nlln OF That monGn
a notification was Issued forb1dlng them to
cut their hair short or In any way to depart
from the old fashion, which becomes them so
well.
The latest advices concerning the mode
ofprocedure of the court of arbitration at
Geneva state thai the case OF each ship Is
examined separately. The arbitration next
decide what principle Is applicable to the case,
BY which it stands or falls. No definite
amount of damages is yet fixed upon, but
when the examination Of all the cases is COM
pleted, the tribunal will review Its separate
conclusions and agree upon the total sum of
damages.
The Lexington Observer and Reporter
has this comment upon a paragraph which
has gone the rounds: "Old John Harper, OF
this State, the owner OF the celebrated horse
Longfellow, that won the great race at Long
Branch the other day, was csked why he
named his horse after Yankee poet. The
old fellow replied, he was long horse, and
for that reason I called him Longfellow. D-n
the Yankee poet-I never heard of him be-
fore.'"
1t Is stated that the cavalry of the German
Empire are likely soon to be provided with
new arms, and that there will be other
changes in their equipment. For cuirassiers
Of the first rank lances are recommended slmi-
lar to those In use In Russia, and the Uhlans
will bear the same weapon. It is also intl-
mated that the whole OF the cavalry will be
supplied with firearms Of long range, because
the sword has been found insufficient, and the
cavalry ought, 1t is thought, to be made capa.
bic Of fgh,ing on foot as, for instance, when
they are destined to capture village.
= AN affecting incident is told of the recent
floods In Virginia. A mother and several
!, children, living on q narrow neck ofland "
Ing between the James River and the canal,
were trying to escape, when they discovered
that The bridge, their only means OF safety,
had been carried away. They clung to the
abutments till nightfal, the water rising
every hour, and no assistance near them.
They had been In this condition for some
time. when one of the children felt that her
strength was gone. and with wild Shrek of
terror she exclaimed, kiss me, mother, torI
can't hold on any longer |" And with the
= warm pressure of that mothers lips upon her
cheek, she was swept away and seen no more.
-, The suez Canal, and the tunnel through
Mount Cenls, are events of the past. The
tunnel under Mount st. Gothard, though pro-
tected, has not yet assumed that practical
shape which wonld rank 1t as of the present.
Perhaps the most remarkable engineering
feat now in progress ls the crossing of the
Andes by the Lima and Oroya Railroad. On
this road the mountain chain will be crossed
at an altitude of fifteen thousand feet, BY
1unnel three thousand feet in length, and amid
nsroetual snow. The work Is being accom-
plished by the Cholos Indians, they being the
OILY workmen who can endure the rarity OF
the atmosphere at this elevation for a pro-
ioneed period. The gradient iH the steepest
known on an ordinary railway. The value OF
the road will lie In the fact Of Its developing
the mineral wealth stored in these mountains.
The silver mines are especially rich, and
coal has been discovered. and will be Of incal-
culable wealth In land where fuel Is 90