The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-17
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SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1872.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

d,ffarent parts of the kingdom, and resoiu'
tions pledglng the meeting to ABSTAIN from
the use of butchers meat for certain lime,
have been carried. Australian canned oeei
and mutton are used Instead.
The famous race horse Lexington died
August 8; at the Woodburn Stud Farm, KY,
the seat of lis owner, A. J. Alexander. Al
though only twenty-five years old he had been
blind for some years past, but his physical
powers. continued uuimpaired until within
short time of his death.
The London critics, summing up the mer
its and defects OF the opera season just c'osec
at Drury lane and Coyent Garden, agree In rat
ing as the most successful Of the new altrac
tions, Miss Kellogg, Mdme. Parepa-Rosa
Mile. Emma Albaui, the tenor Campanlni, and
the baritone Rosa.
Later advlces have been received from
Japau which speak of the amazement with
which the natives regard the changes wmcn
have been lately inaugurated, but the country
ia oulet. and all seem disposed 10 acquiesce 10
the preaent state of affairs. The Mlkado dres-
ses In foreign style, with much gold braid,
and has several attendants similarly atired.
The AtheDenm says: MADAME Parepa-
Rosa, having accepted an engagement for the
italian Opera season at Cairo, has declined the
contract forwarded to her for Moscow and st.
Petersburg, for which cities Herr Rosa was
offered the post of joint-conductor with Signor
Bevlgnsnl. In 1873, Herr and Nine. Rosa will
make smother tour with en- English Opera COM
pany in the United States
The Georgia Senate has concurred In the
action ofthe House regarding certain spuri-
GUS railroad bonds, issued by Kimball, and
put upon the market by that great developer.
This action repudiates the States endorse.
mens of the bonds of the Brunswick and
Albany, Balnbridge,, Cuthbert and Columbus,
Cartersyille and Van Vert, and Cherokee
Roads; also, certain gold bonds Issued TO the
Brunswick and Albany Road. There was
very little opposition 10 this action, as very
great majority of both branches were de-
cidedly in favor of being just to the people OF
the State while they were being just to every
one else.
Emil Gustave Devrient, the greatest Ger
msn actor of this century, died on Wednesday
at Dresden, in his slxty-ninth year. He was
called the Garrlck OF his country, aud exer-
clsed, for nearly fifty years past an important
influence upon the development OF the Ger
man stage. During his long and eminent
career, he. had but one great rlyal-the H.
tated Bogumil Dawson; but the best German
dramatic critics always concurred In the
opinion that Emil DeVrlent far surpassed him
In versatility, depth of feeling aud real power
Devrient was born at Ffankfort-on-the-Main
on the, 4th of September, 1903. He was the
Youngest of three brothers, all of whom
were noted for their extraordinary hlstrlonc
talents. lfY -
The New York Times recently contained
auSsticIs on the necessity for good second.
class hotels. It says: "As a general rule, our
moderate priced public houses are apt to be
only a:shabby imitation of those where the
charges are OF more extravagant descrip-
tion. This Ia not what Is needed. II a hotel
wlthnmoderate charge ls made comfort
able resting place for the traveller, it must be
by dispensing with a great deal OF the snowy
furniture and many OF the table luxuries con.
sidered necessary In a '1rstclass' house.
Complicated crockery and apartments adorn-
ed with large mirrors and velvet carpets must
give way to plain roasts and boiled, and
rooms OF which the principal embellishments
is the evidence of regular and vigorous use Of
; broom and brush"
"a Gnban correspondent Of the New York
Ell Americana gives the following list of expe-
ditions fitted out by the Cuban emlgrants in
the United States, Jamaica, Nassau, Mexico
and South America, each expedition desis-
mated by the name oil the vessel that bore 1t:
Galyanjc,, General Quesada,) December, 1868;
Galvanlc,- (second,) January, 1869; Mary Low
eli, February. 1869; Perlt, .(steamer,> May.
1885, Salvador, (steamer,) May, 1869; Grape
shot, May, 1869; Catherine Whiting, (steamer,)
June. 1859; Anna, (steamer, July 1869; Lillian,
(steamer,) October, 1869; Hornet, (steamer.t
October, 1869; Violin, January, 1870; Herald,
January, 1870; Guanahani, May, 1870; Saliva
dor, (stesmer-second,) May, 1870; Upton,
(steanet, May, 1870; Upton, tsteamer-see-
ona9lJans, 1870; vIrginius, (steamer,) Octo-
Der, 1870; Hornet, (steamer-second,, Novem-
Der, 1S7oi Virginius, (steamer-second,) June,
1871; Mambi, (steamer) July, ls7l; Codlna,
July, 1871; Edgar Stewart, (steamer,) April,
lsQrRannle, (steamer,) June, 1872. Besides
five small ones from Nassau aud four, from
Jantaca. Total, thlrty-two. Some Of these
cossAaRHads OF thousands of dollars A fair
average for each would be $4,000, which
gVds7a6.tOO spent thus far by the Cuban
emaa.stioaSfor expeditions, or over half a
million q year practically pitched into the sea.
.:sE6NYofk has q new pestienliat :horror,
which the doctors call mucedines. Astranger,
on entsri6g the metropolis during the summer
mouthssa a.RFl notice peculiar odor, which
hangs about the streets and taInts the atmos-
phere of the stores and houses. This SUBTLE.
septic stiuEwas mystery to the New Yor kers
themselves until oae DR.. Birdsdahl came. out
with pamphlet explaining the matter on
scientific principles. He shows that the disa-
greeable. efiuvium comes from the putrefying
paste which bill-posters industrously smear
over all! tie bill-boards, dead walls, curb.
stones and saWniog posts OF the city. There
are between three and four hundred men and
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