The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-12
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1872.
NEWS OF. THE DAP.
-..,Old Probabilities" is only thirty, ant

..,Dld probabllities' is only thirty, and
good looking.
-The Grand vlzler of Turkey has reduced
his OWL, salary IRON $780, 600 to $4,000 yearly.
The Prince of Wales has been made q
fieldmarshal. - - t,S
IA hunt 10. Beaufort County, N. G., last
week was rewarded with twenty-five bears.
1T is stated that Louis Napoleon mas re'
ouested permission OF the German doVeln,
ment TO reside in Germany, and mas oeen
refused. on the ground that his presence Inere
would eunwelccme.
The American consul at Vienna has re-
ce,ved under his protection thirty.fve Jewish
famflIes who fed from persecution IN "alla-
CHA. A subscription has been opened al tne
consulate to enable the exiles to emigrate 10
this country.
The growth of Berlin since it has become
the capltalof 9 great empire has been most
remarkable, and the population is now estl-
mated at not less than q million, being nearly
onne-fourth larger than Vienna: In 1915 the
population numbered only 1880
"A correspondent, writing from Monticello
Fla. states that a growing disposition is ex-
prasaed In that section OF the State to annex
West Florida to Alabama, tack Middle Florida
on to Georgia, and 10 allow East Florida 10
constitute the State. This indicates the res
tiyeness and dissatisfaction OF the people IN .
strong and forcibie light. -, =
AThe horse disease in New York has habits
iiay:and[ the streets Of the city present their
old busy appearance. The street cars are
running as usual, and the principal thorough
fares arc as crowded as before with omni-
buses, carriages, trucks, and other vehicles.
The mslady Still prevails among the horses or
washington however, and 1t is common
sight In that city to see large wagons, heavily
loaded. dragged about by lusty colored men.
!. .A New York paper of Friday says: ma
ior.General Q. A. Gilmore, OF the United
States Artillery, who distinguished himself
during the war by his mastery engineering
before Charleston, where his Swamp Angel
proved 80 serviceable to the Federal arms,
waa yesterday married to Mrs. Laura Bragg,
an accomplished and wealthy lady, who In
Brooklyn society moves as a star of the frat
magnitude" y.
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Glynn County (Ga.) Superior Court, advertise
for sale, at Brunswlck, on the first Tuesday IN
January next, the Brunswick and Albany Ball
road, extending from the harbor at Bruns'
wick, to the City of Eufadla, Alabama, q dis
taucee OF two hundred and forty miles, with It's
right OF way, equipments and property, real
and personal, and franchises and privileges.
The road is In running order for one hundred
and seventy miles. The iron alone on the
road Is estimated at 81, $4,000.
Twelve iron enterprises are In operation
or projected In Rome, Ga. Five Of these are
Ii operation yielding forty tons per day. ALI
OF them will be in operation within six
months, and the. probable yield WILL be one
hundred and twenty tons per day, or over two
millions or dollars per annum, in the value OF
their products, and giving employment to
oyef one thousand men. At the present rate
the net profits from these twelve furnaces
will not be less than one million dollars per
annum. .-'r.- ,.-r-.
The London Times, writing of the Empe-
TOR Of Germanys decision of the San Juan dis
putes In favor of the United States, says:
..Except In the contingency of q war with
America no consequences whatever could re.
cult from the decision. If such an improbable
contingency should ever occur, the Island Of
San Juan would become in American hands a
useful base of operations against British Co
lumbts, This Is looking forward to an event
which we believe will never arrive, and the
single Immediate effect Of the decision will be
the heWathdrawal on our part of the few troops
who have hitherto been stationed on the
western side ofthe island"
Tho German Polar expedition is reported
to have discovered, In latitude 70 degrees
north, an lceless sea; through which they sail
ed for two successive days. It is also discov-
cred thst the masses Of land formerly suppos-
ed to be solid and continuous. are simply
islsnds, banked up with immense piles OF
drlitwood, which lie twenty feet above high
water mark; this latter phenomena going to
show the set of the Arctic currents. There
are no detailed accounts Of these discoveries,
but the general indications are sufficient to
prove that at least one Of the numerous expe-
ditions to the Arctic regions is likely to add
something to our store of geographical know
ledge, :. ''5'L-',,
San Diego, the proposed terminus of the
Texas tsouthern) Pacific Railroad, is rapidly
looming up In commercial importance, and
may soon become a formidable rival to San
Francisco. The secretary of the treasury has
authorized the landing OF goods at that port
from foreign countries, In place of sending, as
heretofore, to San Francisco for entry and
then shipping them back This order of Sec
retary Boutwells Is Of much Importance, both
to the interests ofSan Diego and the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. new bank has
also been Just organized in the new city, and
the. old bank 10 doing splendid business.
Ban Diego Is about four hundred miles south
OF Ban Francisco, near the Mexican frontier
line, and has fine hsrbor capable Of accom-
modatipg the largest vessels.
"A letter to one OF the English papers. from
lady who was in the accident to the train
passing through the Mount Cenls tunnel,
gtves q graphic picture OF the scene. The
train arrived at the tunnel at four O'Clock on
Sunday afternoon, Ittakes about forty min
utes to traverse the darkness, and about hall
an hour had elapsed, and the passengers were
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