The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-28
NEWS OF TEE DAY.

NEWS OF TEE DAK
The woollen mills In Massachusetts are re-
ported to be stopped on account OF tne pre-
sent high price of the raw material.
1t Is believed that why full reports can
be obtained it will be found that nearly five
hundred persons lost their lives IN Minnesota
during the recen. snow storm.
John E. Owens, the comedian, tired OF
travelling, has concluded to settle down IN
his native City Of Baltimore, and build
museum-theatre there.
: The attempt Of theatre msnagers In New
York TO abolish bill.boards was failure. Two
OF them put out. bigger posters than ever,
and thus forced the others back to the ole
system. f2'i
20 The presence of reporters is opposed at
the regular weekly meetings OF Methodist
preachers in New York, because only such
parts of the proceedings as are OF Interest TO
the secular public get noticed.
1t ls proposed to station steamer TWO
or three hundred miles east OF Sandy HOOK,
connecting her by q submarine wire with the
signal service station in New York, 30 that
she could give warning OF approaching
storms to inward-bound vessels.
Mr.. James Ashbury has sold bis celebra-
ted yacht, the Lvon,a, to Mr.. Thomas Bras
sey, M. P, taking in exchange the lstter's
steam yatch Eothen, which will be recollect-
ed as having visited these waters last fall.
Mr.. Ashbury also threw In his little steamer
Merlin to boot.
Monticello, the estate OF Thomas Jeffer-
son, subsequently, owned by Commodore Levy,
and by the latter bequeathed in trust tor
farm school for the orphan sons of warrant
ofaaers In the navy, Is now IN litigation at
Richmond, between the State OF Virginia as
trustee and the heirs Of Commodore Levy.
-Pere Hyaclnthe made his first public ap-
pearance in Paris, since his change In eccle-
sias,ical and social position, on the first SUM-
day evening Of the year, delivering an address
TO q large mixed audience In N. Pressense's
chapel, Taltbout, In the Rue de Provence. He
defined his position as faithful Catholic,
though not accepting certain dogmas.
"A census Of Cuba has recently been taken,
and General sickles, receiving the result from
the Spanish Government, has IT, ''mltted 1t
to Washington. The total population Of the
island Is placed at 1855, ,sll, there being 763,-
ITS whites, 23s, ,s27 free oolored, ,2ss slaves
and 81, 40 Asiatics. In 1867 the population of
Cuba was reported to be l,4l4,5Os, so that in
the five years that have elapsed there Is ap.
parently q decrese of l4,706. The insurrectlon
in Cuba probably interfered with getting an
accurate census of the insurgeDt districts last
year.
The clipper ship Young America, it is
q claimed; ;'has Just made the fastest time ever
made by sailing ship between Liverpool and
San Observation-Disclosures days. The Young
America Is an American ship, as one might
Judge from the name, though very few chips
trading between Liverpool and San Francisco
now Ely the American flag. Previously to
this latest voyage, the quickest time made
between those two cities was by the British
ship Golden Gate-one hundred days. The
Young America had previously made two
rapid voyages from San Francisco to New
York, one In eighty days and the other In
eighty days and twenty hours.
The New York agent Of the ''White Star
LIner of steamers elaine that the steamer
Baltic, OF his line, on her last voyage out to
England, madeth quickest trip on record
across the Atlantic. Her time between Sandy
Hook and Queenstown was seven days, twen-
ty hours and nine minutes. Previously the
shortest voyage was one made by the City of
Brussels, OF the Inman Line, In December,
1859, In seven days, twenty hours and ten
minutes. The difference Is just one minute In
favor Of the Baltic. MT, as the chances are
that this may as lil--'y be difference In
watches as in speed, the two vessels seem
quite equally matched.
That the new Congress will not meet until
December next seems pretty well settled.
Heretofore 1t has been customary, however,
In the year of the Presidents Inauguration to
convene the Senate in extraordinary session
on March fourth, 80 that the vlce-presldent
can take his oath of office and assume his
position as president of the Senate, while the
Senate Itself can act. upon such nominations
for Office as the President may make. Tele-
grams from Washington say that President
. Grant does not see any necessity for such an
extra session this year, and therefore may
not issue proclamation convening the Sem
ate. 1t is added, however, that the senator's
think such an extra session should be called.
1.-The holiday amusements of London are
peculiar. On Christmas Day there was
swimming match in the Serpentine, Tor " hich
there were twenty-four entries. The distance
was one hundred yards. The race throughout