The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-16
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MONDAY. SEPTEMBER l6, 1872.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Some idea of the business Of Messrs. Bass
&,Co., the English ale manufacturers, may De
had when we learn that their freight bills 1or
the past year would amount to s7oo, 600.
-Enplsnd Is threatened With q potato IAN
inc. and the CONSERVATION of the farmers VINO
nav high rents can be imagined. The crop 'S
almost totally destroyed for the season. ;,
Il Frenchmsn, N. Delsol, Is to follow III
tha track of DR.. Livingstone. He goes 70
Africa a. his own expense, and Will make d
thorough exploration of tie interior.
Mr.. A. T. Stewart at last enjoys Inc
pleasure Of knowing that his new hotel Tor
workipgwomen Is completed. 1t received
the final touch of the painters brush Monday
and Is ready for occupancy.
1t will be interesting to the ladies to know
that the ex-Empress Eugenie now dresses
almost entirely in: red and black, and hat her
beautiful hair is beginning to show threads
OF silver.
The operation OF the compulsory educa-
tlonal act In England ls creating some un-
easlness. Z class has arisen That refuses TO
,asoen.ze the right of the board to take away
Tia fathers control over his child's education.
a-Asisw weeks ago the creek under the
great Natural Bridge. in Virginia, suddenly
disappeared; and subsequent investigation
demonstrated. the fact that the stream emp
tied Itself into the earth through a NUMBER OF
nne,wvly-formed assures of unknown depth.
Strauss, If the figures don't lie, should be
yell satisfied with his late visit to America.
he was paid the round sum Of sl7,5oo for the
Jubilee season, with q guaranteed oenent Oh
$500 In gold. He received $500 In gold for
his New York concerts, aud sold.his Jubilee
Waltz for . little over $500.
Henri Rochefort has received two thous-
and pounds from a London publishing house
for the English translation OF his History OF
the Second Empire" The principal feature of
the wwerk Is a detailed, biography of the ex-
Empress Eugenle previous to her marriage to
Napoleon III, a
IF- I. UIOpOcOu IA
regular corps of carrier pigeons, In the event
OF emergencies similar to those which occur
red during the late var. The headquarters OF
this branch OF the service Is to be Paris, and
detachments are to accompany the divisions
of the army, while others are to be stationed
at thedifsrent fortresses.
The general verdict of the military powers
or Europe, with regard to the efficacy OF the
mitrailleuse Is, that the weapon Is only useful
for defending narrow passages, where a con-
centrated fire Is needed. Russia, however,
still appears to have faith In them, as the Rus-
Sian army has been provided with fifteen bat
teries ofGatlings.
The total number of troops now stationed
In the Southern States Is 1879, of which num-
Der 374s are In Texas on Indian and frontier
service, Ss4 at Fortress Monroe, and 45l In
Florida, mostly doing garrison duty at Fort
Pickens, Key West, and the Dry Tortugas. OF
the balance a small number are doing duty at
coast Notifications, 30 that about $500 are 10
theinterior. The largest number in any one
State ls l056I In South Carolina, while the
smailest number Is in Arkansas, s. being STA
toned there.
lCarafa, the composer. who died recently,
was far from rich. His principal income, &C
cordlng to the Swiss ''TImes," was derived
from o snufF-box. This snuf-box was given
to the author of 'La Prison d%'Edinbourg'
about thirty years ago by Baron James De
Rothschild, as a token of esteem. Carafa sold
It twenty.four hours later for ssventy-hve
Nspoleons to the same jeweller from whom it
had been bought. This became known TO
Rothschild, who gave it again to the musician
on the following year. The next day 1t re-
turned to the jewellers. This traffic con-
tinued till the death of the banker, and longer
still, for his sons kept up the tradition to the
great satisfaction OF Carafa.
Tho washington correspondent of the Bal
timote Sun says: 'tSenator Robertson, of
South Carolina, has recently been In this city,
and 1t Is known that in conversations with
some Of his friends he declared he should not,
ID account of his health, take any part in the
political manuuvrings in the State which he
halls from as United States senator. 1t is
known that the anomalous condition of the
Radical party In South Carolina Is worrying
other Southern Radicals beside the senator
nom that Slate, and threatens to result in
new deals OF office without regard to results
OF national Issues. A special dispatch receiV-
ed here tonight says that the 0rangeburg
Times, aleading Democratic paper in South
Carolina, has declared to-day for Greeley and
Brown and for Moses, the Regular Republican
nominee for Governor. This looks like a com-
bination to carry the State against Grant and
Wilson,"
The law of the Reichstag expelling Jesuits
from Prussian territory Is not likely TO remain
adead letter. The heads of the establishments
of the Sons OF Jesus and affiliated orders
throughout the empire have been warned of
the terms of the new regulation. At Posen
the ladies of the Sacred Heart-an order con-
sidered by the Prusslan authorities to be afali-
atedt to the Sons of Jesus-have been requested
to close the boarding-school In that town,
where all the noble ladies of the country re-
cefyed their education. The head Of the con-
vent of the Jesuits at Mayence protested
against the Introduction of the Prusslan al.
thorltles, contending that civil government
had no right to Interfere with the exercise of