The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-08
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1872.
NEWS OF THE D4E:

NEMS Op 41AS DAAs
Cold closed, yesterday, at l0alo4.
The New York cotton market closed
steady; at 2s4 cents for uplands; sales ll'Ss'
Laln.Iiverpool cotton closed firm; uplands
11raI1sd. Orleans lltd; sales 10000 bales.
ilSickEes appears to be fully reinstatea IN
what they call respectable society at WASH
ing,tor. we perceive that Mrs. sickles ASSIST
ed Mrs. Grant In the Presidents grand recep'
tlon, Thursday last.
George Eliot Is said TO have received the
largest sum ever agreed In advance to De pala
nv q publisher for novel. She was gwen
$4,000 ror s:Romola," !" which came out IN the
Cornhili Magazine.
The London Times confirms the report
received by telegraph that contract 1or dl-
rect Atlantic cable has been signed between
thSTelegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company and an influential combination, re-
presented BY Messrs. Blschofsheim and Gold
smith. A5''-'
As strangeit may seem, the United States
possesses more than $4,000 miles of railroad
ont of the ,l24, 900 In thsworld. Great Britain
follows, the United States with $4,000 miles;
Germany has IL, ,Ooo, France 10, 600, Russia $500,
Austria 1900, Spain $500, Italy S4oo, Belgium
2O0O,. Holland 1880. Xii ~.
BY the Treaty of Washington the termina.
tfon of the ssrebelllon" is fixed upon the 9th OF
Aprll, 1865, when, according to the. recent
decision of the Supreme Court, the'War was
not over until April 2, 1866. This Is very IN
teresting question, though the war is not over
VET, Judging BY congressional policy.
@The great enterprise of tunnel from near
Doyett Dove 70 point near Calais is about to be al.
tempted by a corporation called the Channei
Tunnel company. The capital Of the. company
ia NINETY thousand dollars, which Is privately
subscribed, with the immediate object OF 10 Az
ing q trial shaft and driving drlftway on the
English side about half mile beyond low
water mark, with the view Of proving the
prscticabllIty OF tunnelllng under the channel.
The completion OF this work will furnish data
for calculating the cost of continuing the drift
wayfrom each shore to junction IN mid
channel, and capital will then be subscribed
for that purpose, or for enlargiug it 10 the Size
Of an ordinary railway tunnel, as the engi"
.neers may deem most expedienf.
The, Washington correspondent OF tne
Springfield Republican, who has excellent op-
portuDitles fosudgi1g, gives some signincant
facts in reference to the feeling which prevails
inpolitical circles there just now. According
to his statements, the particular friends OF
General Grant are becoming decidedly anxious
and nervous. They do not like the custom
house developments at all, and many promt-
nent Republicans express the opinion lna5
unless Leet Is done away with the repu-
taiion OF the President will be irreparably
injured. The mention Of General Porter's
name also begins to be accompanied oyoml-
nous shakings Of the head. The correspond.
cent considers 1t certain that the Presidential
campaign viii be very exciting one. The
Republican opponents of the administration
hayegroWn stronger within the last month, aud
ara not 50 despondent as they were tone time
Senator Wilson, who prides himself on his dis
cernment, is said to predict the liveliest KIND Oh
sscampaign, and does not consider Repuoll-
can triumph inevitable. Senator Stewart has
changed his tone lately, and hints that there
is room for improvement in Customhouse
matters; the President is being urged by many
to dispense with the advice Of Messls. Iorton,
Conkling T. Co.; and, in short, 1t is evident
that panic, or something very much Ike a
panic, is brewing at headquarters.
Verdi, whose "Trovatore" has been ham
mered wherever music Is known, and whose
"Traviata' has been sung on every stage In
tho civilized world, has gone to Africa for his
last success. Unlike Meyerbeer, who also
sought the juugles for his latest inspiration,
Verdi has lived 10 see his Ethiopian opera pro-
duced in royal style under auspices OF the
Vic.reeal court for whose master 1t was COM
posed. The Khedive, after exhausting the
resources of French opera and ballet, took q
new departure by ordering the representlon
of this newest production OF The Italian school
on Christmas Eve ''Alda," for that is The
title of the opera, Is Egyptian in Its plot, and
apparently more true to the locality than "Un
Ballo In Maschera" is TO Boston. Not only
did Verdi labor on this composition for two
years, but the Viceroy sent an eminent archa-
ologist to Paris to prepare the costumes with
historical accuracy, and dragged Egypt for
vocal talent to secure It's proper presentation.
The.cost Of the opera Is put at.seyen hundred
and fifty thousand francs, and not only all
Egypt but much of Europe rushed to attend
its first representation. Immense prices
were paid. for Seats. standing.room being
quoted at ten dollars square foot, and alto
gether the triumph OF, Verdi and Of his royal
patron was most distinguished. When the
Khedivs allows the. precious score to go to
less favored lands, the merits Of the work may
be more fully understood, but at present the
cost OF "Alda" Is the most prominent feature,
and that is sufficient to stagger inpresarios
who have not the revenue Of a province at
command.
"A report on the quarantine abuses at the
port of New York has been prepared by COM
mittees appointed for, that purpose by the
Chamber of Commerce, the Produce Exchange
and three other commercial associations. The
general findings OF this grand jury of mer-
chants are as follows: The health officer, at
bis option. unnecessarily delalns and controls
vessels, merchandise and persons, whether
infected or not. Exorbltant charges are made
nm merchants aud vessels solely to promote