The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

ArLUDINo TO TuE threatened action against .ho
proprietor of tho late UGy newspaper by i ycntic-
man WHO claims copyright in that title, tho
Publishers Cncadr suggests q. "sGriuuB consi,l-
Grafton" which il believes has mover before been
pointed ont. "wo rccr," il says, 40 tic ease of
newspapers und periodicals long established
aml OF high reputation. Take tho c.su ut the
Times or the QtaifcEy Rrc!rw not to speak Of
tho innn0! ,gisici' or the GcaHsnn,n'S Magazine.
What is Tho Foundation Of the right OF these jour-
nails to their respective titles? lf it il. BASEL Gil,
nothing but tho ordinary copyright law-and we
aro not aware that it could ho based upon any
thing clsc-nll exclusive right to them n,rlDl cn;;
Bnco have expired; AMI il must DO open 10 any
nnc to publish to-morrow newspaper, or rcyicw
Of magazine, with any ono of t!,uso EaIics. For
literary copyright only exists for forv-two years.
or fuT the lilo of tue author uni years after
| warts; nay, when the Journals refer tD, and
many others besides, first established il cx-
islcd FOR much shorter term, alii THAI tern, wa.
| extended by Justice TALrouED's net in the case Of
copyrights mol at thai lime expired" The London
Rcricir says "Illc point is very inscnionY one
and docs intlecd open curious subject Tor lcbate
but should imagine That tho continuous puli-
| cation from tlny 10 day, from week To week from
| month to month, OF from year TO year, wond &c
| cEro permanent copyright of tho titlc.n Mr..
MATHS, Tho successor 10 Mr.. pASIzzi in tho library
of tho British Museum, has caused some calculn-
| lions to bo mado with roicronce TO tho amount OF
space occupied by newspapers and other pcriuili-
Gals i'll That institution. According To tic result NJ
| these inquiries, rs published in Tho NetrspaDf.
| Press, tho collection Of newspapers in tho r6v
| library is kept in IA presses, containing 9aS2
| superficial feet Tho space occupied by tho news
papers is lG2 feet inches, thus divided: London
f.nI. -
Inches Scotch, 2Ss toct Irish 396 feet; Foreign,
I'll fcct-total, 4lG2 feet inches. The periodical
publications. arc in 800 presses. containing as5l
| superficial feet. In the old library, tho collection
occupies space of d5l yards inches and in tho
new library 232l yards feet and II inches.
OuR READEns aro aware that strike occurred
in almost all branches Of manufacture in Pitts
burg ill February last. Il has continued, cx:cpt
in portion of The manufactures over since, until
The last week. For its DURATION and tho numbers
of wor;mcn aud manufactures involved, it is with
out parallel in this country. Tho Pit,.burg Com
'ncrcM Sums up iolows tho results OF this ErcaL
| strike: ''riso number of mon out of employment
March 1, was estimated to bc nB rolows Pndlers,
f0O helpers, nail laborcrs, and others dependent
OH tho work Of tho pudcrs for support 3s8tl;
miners on tho south slo Of tho 9tonungahcla,
Oh tho iousioshcnyi and the Pennsylvania
railroad, 1000; iron mouldcrs, 1G0; laborcrs
dependent on their work for employment
1000; glass-blowcrs, 200; laborcrs dependent Oh
them for work. 700. This makes tho tot number of
men ont Of employment nj that lime, 1000. An aver
roofhrcc dollars per day for thcso mon would bo
low estimate at the prices paid at tho timo of tho
strike; at this ratio from January 15 to March 81
Tho wages paid would have been nbnut 81 1.302 800
At this time some of the mills starting furnished
part Of tho mon with work.. Allowing 5000 to hlvo
been out of employment snce that time and to re-
main 30 until tho new arrangement goes into ef-
feet, and their wages ut tho sa,1c ratio would
amount 10 81, ,Gs0, 0D0 Tho total amount OF money
had Tho mills not stood idle, that would havo bcon
paid ont therefore is 81, ,9S2 900. This estimate,
perhaps, will not cover half tho loSa which our
city has sustained by the lockout. Ii ia no won
der that all parties arc glad 10 $50 The mettor
satisfactorily arranged
Wo have the authority of n gentleman cllgagcd
i'll tho wheat trade, whose experience extends back
for many yeara, FOR the statcmont that tho quality
of the crop this Gear is not fiac The Grcai bulk
of it is only fair Tho proportion of fine is unau-
ally small Besides, it is uncom monty dark in
color. THIS is owing TO the irregular manner in
crop which maturcd earliest, bcfnre tho grain be-
gan to shattcr in the cutting, farucrs were forced
70 cut much that WAS net ripe enougi. Tho con-
5sGa9afpssJ il TIN! !hS Tsas y dark The quantity
are several reasons for this: lat. Tho llhor
OF tho country is not steady and orderly, anu
tho product per man is greatly reduced, though
not to the extent OF four-fifls; for-2d. There is
not money in tho country to buy gupno for its ap-
nil tim In Iyh no fln wal md fII,fI
very much dminishcs Tho yield per aero OF the
land seeded, notwithstanding tho season was u,.-
commonly favorable. 81. For tho want of money
to pay for labor, and to keep teams and plougs in
tho proper order, it has been impossible 10 cuti-
rate the soil as faithfully as formerly, and that
affected tho yield very unfavorably. Let us hopo
that in year or two tho farmers will recuperatc,
and labor becoming better settled, wo shall havo
botter results from farming What Comes out Of
Tho earth il, after all, our only huo wealth, and
cannot great deal until tilat is supplied
libcralIy md steadily.
LAST SATURDAY, says tho Albany Argus Doc |
tor OF Divinity, residing in Rochester, and pro-
fessor in tho Rochester University, took tho cars
from Boston to Albany. While enjoying tho ride
the Doctor was tapped OH tho shoulder, and two
mon stepped up and arrested him. He was told
that ho was "spottcd" nB ono AMOS SrAuLpNa,
and that tho mon who proposed to tako him i'll
charge woro detective officers. Forthwith one Of
tho men produced pair Of handouts, with which
ho proposed to decorate tho Doctors wrists inmo-
diately. This was too much; the alleged culprt
positively denied his identity with AMOS SPAuLp-
ING, and with somo degree Of rehcmehco declared
that ho would rcsisl to the last any attempt to put
him in irons. Tho officers wcro. .incredulous as to
his statements; ihey were used to that sort of
thing, md could not DO humbugged by any PIC
tcncn Of responsibility on tho part OF their prison.
er; but aftcr somo hesitation they consented 10
forcgo the process Of ironing condition that tho
Doctor would havo tho window down and mako
no attempt to escape. Thcro was nobody OIL tho
train to whom tho Doctor could refer TO satisfy
tltcm as to his real character, and 70, with two
police officers guarding him. hc was compelled to
rilo into Albany. There ho persuaded the detcc-
tiycs to accompany him to tho Dclavan House, aud
on reaching the hotel he Iound difficulty i'll con-
vincing them that they had madc an cgresious
and inortifying mistake.
THE CABLE NEWS reports that tho Greek Govern
mont has announced its determination to declare
war against Turkey OH tho first September should
tho hostilitcs against the Christians in tho Island
nj "a not bo I,v Il,of f;,no tI,;, H.