The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-07
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THURSDAY, MARCH Z, 1872.
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It 10 stated, mas decnusu tle -tnisoAon AZ
Y hree aambsF 81 in7alids are now daily
leaving Massachusetts for the South, to avoid
-th6 bleak weather of spring. 7Hrsss IT,.
GHeeai Bow has taken to writing letters to
the London Times urging the extension OF the
Maine liquor law over Great Britain.
.-dsis reported tina. tho Prince :lmperiaE
OF France will visit the United States next
summer. He Is now sixteen years Of age, and
Ia said I'd speak I'VE languages fdently.
"A qaantity Of sausages containing dry
peas and lard are now making by order OF the
French Minister Of War, on the pattern OF those
used.iu4heG German army, and areto be trled
asa sS1bStis1te for ordinary soup.
"A bill for the abolition Of capital punish
ment has been introduced in the British House
of Commons. There. has existed In London n M
for several years past society having for It's
object this change In tho criminal laws.
The Chinese shoemakers at North Adams,
massachusetts, of all the Inhabitants OF that
town, were alone patriotic enough to cefe-
brate the birthday OF Washington which they
did by eiylngs afeast il their shops, and egs
leanK dEaE ptodigio6s quantity Of the most
superior Imported crackers.
The New York Sun says that every day
seens,toconsolldate the coalition between the
Liberal Republicans, the Democrats and the
old Whigs or Conservatives on an honest
Republican for President Of the type Of Horace
Greesy, LYMAN Frahbull, Gralz Brown, David
Davis, James F. Wilson, of lowe, or Jacob D.
Cox, Of Ohio. ,,...
-Japaness auctions are conducted on
norei.plan, bntone which gives rise to none OF
the noise and confusion which attend such
sales In America. Each bidder writes his
name and bid upon slip OF paper, which he
places in abox. When the bidding is over, the
box Is opened by the auctioneer, and the goods
declared the property Of the highest bidder
"A curious literary treasure was recently
announced 1ortale In Paris. Itwas copy OF
tina constitution OF the French Republic OF
1854, bound in human skln. The volume is
supposed to have Issued from the Meudon
tannery, where 1t is asserted this kind OF lea
ther was manufactured during the reign OF
terror.
1T now appears that In a1ditiorfto receiV-
ing nav as or army officer, which was sufa-
cient 10 place him in easy circumstances, the
late General Anderson was by marriage one of
the heirs to the estate Of the late Nicholas
Longwortb, the famous wine manufacturer OF
Cincinnati; and vas, therefore, possessed OIL
great wealth.
The New York Journal of Commerce
thinks that one of the principal objects OF the
Japanese mission to this country Is to feat
loan in the American market-in other words,
to borrow money Of us,, Japan, 1t says, has
lately been studying up the mysteries of Mr..
Boutwell's finance, and it issaid that she pos
sesses genius who actually understands the
Boutwellian system; syndicates and all, ana is
anxtousto Try 1t ON Japan.
The figures in the New York Journal OF
Commerce showing the imports Of dry goods
into that port for the month Of February are
rather startling. The total ior the week just
ended ia upwards of seven and quarter MIL
lion dollars foreign gold value, the largest
weekly total of dry goods which ever entered
any port Of the Uniied States This brings
the aggregate for the month up to seventeen
and q half million dollars, against fourteen
and half millions for February of last year,
which was then thought to be very large.
John Brown, Queen Victoria's groom, who
was gosslpped about 80 scandalously some
years ago, Is now deml-hero since he rescued
her. Majesty from the empty pistol OF an
empty.headed fanatic last week. It will be
remembered that the "Queen's book" made
good many mean people seem very mean In
reference no that faithful servant" Since
h,s conduct on this remarkable occasion the
prees praises him and the wcrld feels kindly
towards him. Truly, If man walt long
he win have his time.
.-Prussia, 1t is reported, possesses a source
~ ,uea,th which enables her to conduct wars
without as great sacrifices as have to be borne
nv less favored countries. This source OF
wea,,h consists in the possession Of the means
NJ obtaining a suf1ciency Of horses. In De-
eember, 1857, in the entire kingdem OF Prus.
sia there we're 2,sls, s,sl7 horses, while Inc pro-
vince of Prussia alone, constituting ls6 per
cent. of the entire area and containing one
eighth of the population, had at the same Time
6so 72l horses. Just previous 10 the Franco
German war, the average price paid for army
hofees was only $l2o.
"A correspondent who has been on visit
to Chiselhurst says that in the arrangement OF
the Imperial household everything Is very
simple, and presents striking contrast to the
sumptuousness Of the inmates former days.
The Emperor no longer indulges in expensive
wines; the table is humbly served, and les
toilettes d6colet6es absolutely banished. His
ex.Msjesty keeps only one carriage, and half
a dosz n horses, and the Empress goes out gen
erally on foot. Napoleon III rises early ana
works hard; he reads all the papers attentive
10 All frivolous pleasures and mundane
amusements are forbidden; the Empress has
embroidered an ornament for Chlse'hurst
chapel. and the young Prince is being trained
like Spartan.
The pubic that holdslts sides to avoid ia, Ia al
effects OF the laughter which the represents.
tlon of Paul Pryn inevitably produces mas