The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-11

Inc me cotton trade of Charleston S. c.. amounts
100000 '"' ii'o ''"ue 10 p
. Coiored men edit six newspapers in Nor h.
OaroIina, three In Louisiana two in Tennessee
anu the same number in Texas and in Virginia
alabama, and Mississippi one each. This Shows
progress since the abolition of slavery.
Foreign.
II Is estimated that there are 100000 people
IN France who have renounced the Roman
Catholic religion. i'Oii"'
=, RUSSIAN Nlhilism, permeates every rank sta
uon and class in the Russian Empire. and il
anarchy. vi
Inc monster Italian double -turreted ironclad
Dulilo, the most powerful war vessel in the
world, In recent trial of her speed gave fomr.
Teen miles per hour, working at six sevenths of
her null capacity. 1t is expected that she will
eventually attain a speed of fifteen miles per
eour The armament of the Duilio consists of
lour lo0 ton Armstrong guns SO feet long. firing
proJectiles $500 pounds IN weight with no,ydeSp
charges of $50 pounds
When Mr.. Tennyson sits down 70 write
whlch ne usually does for five hours a dav-be
gives strict orders that he shall not be disturbed
t there nave been callers, who, through some
olundeIs OF servants, have got into his library
whiie ne was writing and were denounced nv
MN Tor their intrusion as if they had been his
worst enemies. In his work he is deliberately
gle line. 0'' =" ''i'-
me sultan has ten servants whose special
duty 1T is to unfold the carpets for him when he
is gong to pray ten to take care of his mines
ana cigarettes two to dress his royal hair and
twenty to attend to his most noble clean shirts
mere are multitude of other attendants about
tne palace; indeed, it is stated that 500 families
anu ABOUT 4,OOO persons live at his Maiestv's
expense lie Is an extravagant housekeener
the annual expenditures of the palace are men.
toned as nearly Sl4,OOO,OOO
There has been an extraordinary trial Of
Madras respecting the guardianship of the socrfd
mar OF Mahomet. This hair is enclosed in a
case called the Ansaree Shareef" and the nos
session OF the relic carries with it a small pen
sion. Four person claimed it, two bv succession
ana Two by right of a will. One was woman
a. anu ene Sudge decided that she could not hold
IT, because she could not fulfil the ceremonies
connected with it, and finally entrusted this val
uaole halr to one of the male litigants.
The banker of the Vatican, who MANAGED all
the ropes financial business in Rome, has saws
the Echo, taken to flight, and has left behind
GeoUs amounting to more than 7OOO lire
several nigh ecclesiastical officials who had en-
trusted all their fortune to him, are suddenly
plunged into the greatest distress One of H.
last Cardinals created by Plus TX. issaid IN baTs
oeen mt SO hard by the defaulter that he has not
a centime left. 'i0'
MIR. Gladstone has eight children, seven of
WhQm are living His eldest son is a member
OF farlament, his second son is rector of Ha.
warden, his third is engaged in mercantile pur-
SUITS HIS eldest daughter is married to the
mead mead master of Wellington College. Mr.. Glad
stone was about thirty years old when he was
married MARIE to the daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne.
mere Is no man more studious in the British
realm .{'l lie has 242 entries under his name in
the N catalogue of the British Museum Library
tHe largest number of the eight Prime Ministers
OF the Victorian epoch