The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-17
NEWS OF THE DAP.

NEWS OF THE DAP.
The Persian Shah is to occupy Bucking-
ham Palace during his stay in England.
Small portable stoves for carriages are
used in New York.
The Prince OF Wales will attend the open
ing of the Vienna Exhibiuol ~ chairman OF
the British Commission.
.-Gustave Dore has just published bis Illus
tratIons to Rabelals, on which he has been en-
gagged several years.
Bret Harte says New Jersey Is the State
in which he wants to reside the rest of his life.
That remark will assign him to oblivion
within sixty days after 1t reaches Boston.
Two sisters In Boston, both of whom were
married several years ago at the same time,
now simultaneously apply fer divorces with
view to an exchange of husbands.
Several petitions have been sent into
Congress praying that, in accordance WIN
the suggestion OF the late Commodore III. +.
Eanry. an Invitation be extended to the gov
erninents of the earth to meet In conference
for the establishment of an international sys-
tenn OF crop and weather reports.
The imperial family at Chiselhurst have
an income OF fl2000 year. The spanish
estates and private property of the Empress
are worth ss000 pounds year, and the sale
OF her diamonds, .jewelry aud pictures pro-
duced about xl2O,OO0. The Emperor had hard
ly any income OF his Own.
Mayor Havemeyer, of New York, has pub
llshed letter declaring that he-' was noni-
mated for mayor as reform candidate and
Without any party obligations, and that the
position he then occupied he now occupies,
and from which he Is not to be drawn by any
man or set Of men, be they Democratic or Re
publican.
The London Grocer reports that under the
factory system of making cheese. estaolishea
the United States, the American article ls
often superior to most of the English make,
and III many Instances IL equal to The very
finest Cheddar and Cheshire qualities. Hence
American cheese Is sold by all Gcstclsss deal
ara. and Is in large demand In England.
"A whale has been captured In Hampton
Roads by Captain William Rodgers; measured
forty teet; yislded four barrels OF oil. The
Norfolk papers speak OF whales as being
quite usual % visitors In that section. NOW
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Is COM
pieted, they are expected by the Norfolk
citizens to commence coming up In great
quantities..
Francis Joseph, OF Austria, has done
good thing. He offers prize OF five thousand
Aorins to the journalist who will write the
best editorial on Austrian affairs in the Ger
man language. Said editorial Is not to con-
tain more than one thousand words. Il is
,mmsterial what political party the writer be-
longs TO. The Vienna papers think that there
will be several thousand competitors for the
--Herr Krupp, the great German ironmaster
oIEsssn, considering that coal is likely to con.
tinns scarce and. dear In Europe, has pur-
chased for the purposes Of his great works at
Esseu, some collIerles in that neighborbood,
at cost Of several million thalers. Herr
Krupp has also purchased. with similar OBJ
ject, some deposits OF iron minerals in the
siegen district.
EMr. Cyrus W. Field, in letter to the New
York Tribune, announces that at q meeting Of
the directors OF the Atlantic Telegraph Com
psnies 1t was unanimously resolved to reduce
the tariff on messages between Great Britain,
France and New York from one dollar to sev
enty-fve cents word, beginning on the drst
of May. He trusts that this reduction will
create an increase OF business which will lead
to the adoption of still lower tariff.
"a Washington letter says: "The commit
tee OF ways and means have agreed to report
favorably the bill which refunds the proceeds
of sales of lands In the Southern States against
which taxes were assessed and not paid. This
bill has been before the committee lor long
time, and been pressed at eachisesslon of Con-
gress since the war. The bill now provides
that the taxes and costs of sale be deducted
from the proceeds, and the difference be re-
funded to the owner, who, where such lands
are occupied by bona fde purchasers, must
execute Q lease to the occupant. The amount
to be affected by the bill is about s7Oo, 900.
The session is probably too near close to ad-
mit of the discussion that must necessarily
follow, ard the bill may 60 over to the next
Congress for that reason"
IA Washington telegram says: "rhe re-
porr of Judge Poland's committee on the
Credit Mobilier will probably be presented on
Monday next. After full consultation the out
lines OF the report have been fixed. In order
TO test the sense of the committee, the first
proposition submitted was that the testimony
taken should be reported, and that action
upon 1t should be left with the House. This,