The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold was quoted at l3a and heavy at noon'
in New York, yesterday.
The New York cotton market closed quiet;
uplands 235, Orleans 24I cents; sales 4ls pal3s'
lin Liverpool cotton closed hrmer; uplanoS
1esd. Orleans 11td; sales II, 900 bales.
"A new journalistic innovation is about TO
be made, in the shape of London daily pa
per, 10 be Issued exactly at noon, a portion OF
Its contents to consist of 50 reproduction ei
the opinions of all the morning papers on
every subject, classified under distinct and
initiative headings, 80 that the reader can
tlrn Immediately to the journal whose opinion
he wishes to learn, and so condensed that The
essence of the entire press may be obtained In
less time than Is now occupied in reading one
paper
The Pail Mall Gazette gives this account. o
the way in which the French came to use
enormous quantities of absinlhe. Except to
medical men abslnlhe was unknown prior to
the Algerian expedition in the reign OF Lonis
Philippe; but when the soldiess were at Con,
stantlne and Oran, and suffering greatly from
fever, the doctors recommended that aoslnthe
should be mixed with their wine, rs IL was
much cheaper than qnlnine. During Inc en-
tire campaign the soldiers drank this mixture,
and afterwards retained the custom, Whlcn
appeared in France at Marsellles, whence 1t
rapidly spread through the country, and SET
tied permanently in Paris.
Among the complaints made regarding
the operation OF the postal telegraph system
In England Is one that in country towns II Is
Impossible to keep secret the messages which
pass over the wires. A correspondent Oh the
London News writes ihat 1t Is standing joke
In the country town where he lives that, If
one wishes to give matter full publicity, with
an air of authenticity, the best means to Sc.
cure that end is to telegraph 1t as secret 10
some distant friend, Wien, In very brief
space of time, It is Ger ain to be generally
known In the place frcm which the message
Is sent. Why rcstoffice officials should be
more ieaky than those Of the regular telegraph
service Is not apparent, but such appears to
be the case in England.
1T Is curious to note the prices paid for
wild animals. Sales of the kind are rare: and
there are go few persons who have any use
for a lion or tiger that the amounts paid are
seldom remunerative to the party disposing OF
this kind of stock. Woomoel's menagerie,
which has been In existence since 1905, was
sold by auction In Edingburgh on the 9th ulti-
mo. The performing elephant was purchased
for the Manchester Geological Gardens for
about 5000. Pelicans were knocked down at
$35 each;y price which would hardly make
their expectation from Louisiana. remunera-
tive. Wolves brought SIS so each, price at
which our English cousins can have all our
coyotes on the prairies. lion was sold for
$3.50, and royal Bengal tigress for s776. A
male dromedary brought $3.50. The sale re-
allied about $4,000.
Seven months ago Chicago was almost
obliterated from the face OF the earth by one
Of the most terrible condagrations OF modern
times; one who saw 1t then would hardly
recognize 1t now. The rapidity with which 1t
has been rebuilt Is marvellous. The unsightly
ruins made by the fire are almost entirely re-
placed by fine blocks of buildings, more sub
stantial and beautiful than those which once
occupied their sites, and the value of property
is rapidly rising in all parts ct the city. On
Wabash avenue and In Jackson, Adams, Mon
roe and Jefferson streets the price of land has
advanced from one thousand dollars per front
foct to twelve hundred dollars, and In some
Instances to fifteen hundred dollars. The
Grand Pacific Hotel is the finest and largest
Of the new buildings, and has five hundred
rooms. It Is rebuilding on Its old site, and
win cost one million dollars. The Republic
Lilo Insurance building, which was badly
damaged by the fire, Is rebuilding with stone,
iron and brick, and the many public edifices
In process Of erection will make Chicago q
much finer and better city than 1t ever was
before. As may readily be believed, In all
buildings great precautions are taken against
danger Of fire, Chicago being q "burnt child"
The very vIrtuous and consistent New
York Times, which a few weeks ago threw all
manner of mud at Senator Schulz and his CO.
adjutors In the Liberal movement, is now ac-
lively engaged in crooking the pregnant
hinges OF the knee, and fawning upon the
Reformers, with the very evident design Of
fomenling dissenslons in the Liberal ranks.
First, we were treated to q fulsome eulogy of
Mr.. schurS; and this followed by an attempt,
to throw out "feeler" for "a common
agreement" AS for the cry Of "anybody to
beat Grant," the Times expresses lofty hope
that this Is narrow view :" OF the subject al
issue may be disca.I led by the public. The
Grant question Is one which 1.-THE people will
have an ample opportunity of decidlng"-a
remark which verges on the dlsloyal. And
then the "princIples" Involved, accord.
lag to the Times, are those which "the
Philadelphia Convention need not hesitate to
adopt.n. The zone term nonsense talked by
Horace Greeley" Is only ''laughed at" but
''the measures worth serious consideration
are those which the aohole (sic) Republican
party ought to unite In working for" Ifthey
were to be repudiated at Philadelphia the
Times would ''be obliged to express great dis
appointment concerning that convention"
And while the Times does not as yet 60 80 far
az to counsel the admission of "a set of
tricksters," 1t exclaims with fervor: 'We
must keep up with the times. No just and
necessary reforms can be refused in these
days. The Times motive In all this will be
suspected by the scofers; and the utterly TO-
c0rrigble will be apt TO recall one of Mr..