The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-03
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in the seventy year OF hiss n.,o 1T
tho time OF his death. iis father being me |
c},anic, earning his living working smith, the 81
deceased unable to obtain other than tho
most ordinary education ut common day sShool. I"
When la,i Of thirteen wears lic wia anurcniccd 4
To London luokbin,lrr 10 learn the trade ni his
master. and hnvin,:, through Liz ,nsilnm. tho ,
means nf olh"inin:; scv"I:, sc,nmi'Iir works. Er t.
studied them carefully, aud 10y thr a,sstanro al
nuc Uf these. trcair electricity. MAS rm1hlcd /
- construct his first electrical machine with II | q
glass phia Subsequently,, through the Lim,lnesa
of membcr nf tlr Royal Institution, Mr.. FAEA-
obtained pcrmissi"n to attend thc last
fomr lectures of Sin lrMrIIEEy DAyr, iii
1879. iIc nFcr"; r,ls addressed Sir ilrN-
rIrnEY n letter :akiu, Tor some scientific
employment NJ 1t lmuiamc aud kin'l-hcartcl
philosopher, all arrranmg the ability "f iir
applicant, p:nmi a.! complied with his request,
AMI iru,lr hi,h hni chemical assistant at Tho Royal
Institution. ihc drccused subsequently, travelled
throughout Erropo as the assistant ai.' nluanucn-
sis Of his patron, and on his ro turn 10 England
sumcd his POSITION at the Royal Institution. The
progress of Mr.. FARADAY WAS now rapid and suc-
cossful. III 1920 llc discovered tho clmilrs of |
| carbon; in 1921 ihe mutual rotation of magnetic
polo Rud electric current. and IN 1925 ha cSor-
tons led on to the condensation of thr gases. In
1888 ho became The Professor of tlr Nrw Chair or
Chemistry Mt lilo Royal Institution, position he |
| ever afterwards hold. The honor which l,,s own
md foreign governments and institutions bcs
towcd upon him for his services to science were
| numerous. lIo was Commander of The irginn
OF Honor knight Of the I'russ;an Order of Merit
Fellow Of tho Royal Society, Doctor oI civi, Laws,
ono OF the oight foreign Associates of the lm?c-
rial Academy OF Sciences nj paris, besides 5,us
member Of many learned anu scientific bodies in
Europe AMI America.
THE CnuRcu pnoprnty hill, which l,as paced
tho Lower House OF the italian Parliament. ai'' 20
lnow pnnding in the Senate, i" "r'" p''E ''''" !"
propau'' '.,'H nr its Success Is very sweep
Ing measure. Tho bill nsurcs the suppress ssion of
NIL religious corporations, anu provides FOR the a-
mnstraton OF thei property by tho State that
is, by tho local commissions, ''conpOScd Of the
Project Sync Fiscal Advocate agent Of The crown
land aud two upright cItizons' lllrsa local rom-
missions nre to he superintendent ly central com
| mission consisting OF tho Cllicf Director OF tho
Crown Lands, ihc Treasurer OF the Religious Wor-
ship Fund, two Deputies nnl two Senator's All
tho personal property and five per cent. OF tho
revenue derived from landed cslatc, arc to be al-
piled to tho expenses cf religious Worship, to
the life pension OF mcmhcru. Tho Church lands
aro to be pMl Up in small lots at rnbli. nmc-
ton nj . minimum price, bidders Ia deposit
tenth of that prico IN tllo provincial treasury
|, tho day Of sale, tenth Of the actual purchase
, money ten dnya alter, and tho remainder TO he
paid i'll cightcon years, in fxcd mtcs, AT six per
cont II paid down, seven per cent. discount will
be allowed. Charitable institutions tn l,c lett
|; unmolcscd for the timo being 'Fhc Government
, | is authorized" says the bll, 'io emit at such
cpochs, md i'll ouch manner it sccs iii. snli-
, cient number of fvo par cont bonds lu insnre tho
entry in the treasury of the actual sum Of 100 O00,
| o00fr. These bonds shall he accepted at their
nominal value, in payment of Tho lands whose sale
by this law il drcrcod." There were present in
, tho House when Tho Soto was taken Oh The most
vital proposition Of the BILL Isl mcmhrrs, OF whoL,
only four abstaincd from voting. Tho result was
yeas 265; nays IL. writer who was present when
The roto WAS announced, states that "wd cheers
rang through lhu house, md the sitting was s,,s-
pended for one hour"
AMONG THE passengers who recently left New
York for Europe by Tho Giy Of in',resp wps Mr..
n DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, who goes to attend tho
Social Science Congress-, which meets nj licElst
Ireland, OIL tho 18Th of September. At the last
, session OF this body, held in Manchester. Mr.
HEEP te iGrm'7SR e III E@ "nal
and committee WAS appointed for that pi,rlnsr,
composed OF some twenty membGrs. "r whom one
halt are from England chiefly Ilcn,lctg ur u,rI;o
: Lord HOBART, MIR. LErEvRE and Mr. WCsY1,rE
France is represented by ErnnYrn and D.,n Ar,;r
Germany by Professor MITrEnMAYrR, of lIci,lr-
| berg, and other nnmcs well known in Ibr
, legal world; and thcro also representa-
tiScs from Italy, lcSnm and Russia. Mr. FIELD
VINO IL member OF the committee, has been lalm-
ronsy engaged upon the subject for many months
ou1 the "ork IN 80 vast tlial u IN not expected that
any report will be attempted before another wear
Tho commission will meet at belfast ami conlparo
tho results Of tllor Investigations au,l or.auiyn
for further iabors. The importance Of tho work
cnnnot be orcr-rstimatod. At present there is no
established international law. 1hu only ;utlroli-
ties nro tho writings of individuals such MS t;nn
THUS, VATTEL. and WuEsroN--namrs Of ;rca. rn,j
ncnce. but their opnons aro not recognized ns
binding. What is accepted in ono c0nnirv is r.,
jectcd in another. TO bring together these divers
authorities and the decisions of different poin,s
by treaty or otherwise, with view 10 harlnonze,
II possible, tho rnlc end practice Of MI civilized
nations, would bc great service, and wonld so far
10 y reycnt International disputes
| a BOSTON PAPER announces that Mr. DIcKrS.
will read in that city in December We think ih;s
| is premature. An we are informed MIR. DoInv
the agent OF Mr.. DICKENS, mukes II, nrrl.r,nu,ts
Indeed ID not authorized to make nny arrnnpc
| lnenlB-uhtH he haa looked over the ground re-
ported to his principal, and has from him received
| frosh instructions. Mr.. Dolby IL now il, Pb:l,
delphia. Ic las received letters from nearly one
hundred towns and cities nsking tho loan or rp,
OF Alr. DIcHENa for ono night or longer For the
present printed formula entirely non. .conmilal
goes in reply. These letters come lram tho entirs
| conntry, from Eastport to Omaha, and cities
not oven mapped out when DIcEfSa prepared
! his 'Americnn Notas' now tcnder him audiences
rs inrgo as brigade, in halls of proportiona,o
| BIO and grandeur. Hundreds of ,il,,c. Wcst of
that Eden whence ilIe cheerful Mark Turicy spccu
ated on American progress, and the great Po,,ram
ana tho inimitnble Jefferson Brick awoed into I'M
| natural proportions, there como invitations In
'rcad" to orderly, and aettled, and civilized com
munitcs, which already have antiquarian societies
and talk OF tho graves Of their pioneer nnccaors.
| AT THE RECENT MEETING Of tho American Assn, |
cation for tho Advancement OF Science, profc.,or
.. i. ioLToN read n curious paper on tho usc of
| months for dates; he recommended the nu,nI,crug
or tho days of tho year in their sequence ~, as to
got fld or the confusion Of calculations at ondnut
upon our irregular and arbii rary division into
months. it was shown that according TO this
plan tho reckoning OF intervals of timo would be
greatly Hmplified, since il wond become n ri,nplo
subtraction. Tho occurrence of the nov mann
| and tho determination of Tho dnv N, do ,o,,. -