The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-03
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tho time Of his death. Ills father being me
clanic earning his living rs working smith, the
deceased was unable to obtain oiher than tho
most ordinary education ut common lay school.
When a lad OF thirteen years hc apprcnticCd
TO London lDokbiutlcr 10 learn ihr trade ot his
master, and having, through Lis position, tho
means nf obtaining several nccniIiir works.. lao
studioa them carefully, and by the aasibtanrn ot
of these, treatise on electricity. wns enabled
10 construct his first electrical machine with
glass piial. Subsequently through the kindness
of n member of the Royal Institution, Mr.. FAEA-
DAY obtained permission to attend the last
four lectures Of SIT HUMPHREY DArr, i'll
1872 iIo nfior":,rt ntdre8Hcd Hr HUM |
PnREY n letter ,'kinG for some scicntiiic |
employment, a,,l at humane anu liiHl-heartod !
philosopher, all .=ccrtaining the ability Of the |
applicant. promptly complied with his request,
n made hi,l ,is chemical assistant at tho Royal
institution. Tho ,,eccused subsequently travelled
throughout Europe as the assistant and amanucn-
ss Of his patron, aud OH bis return to England Ic
sumed his POSITION at Tho Royal Institution. The
| progroPs OF Mr.. FARApAY WAS now rapid and suc-
cossfu In 1920 he discovered tho chloii(leg of
carbon; in 1921 The mutual rotation of y magnetic
polo and electric current, and IN 1928 his cXor
| tions led oil to the condensation OF Tie Gagcs. In
| 1888 ho became tile Professor Of Tie N,w Chair uf
Chemistry ut tho Royal Institution, position he
| over afterwards hold Tie honor which his own
and foreign governments and institutions bcs-
| towcd upon him for his services 10 sciercc were
numerous. lIo was Commander OF the Legion
Of Honor, Knight Of tho Pr,issian Order of Merit,
Fellow OF tho Royal Society. Doctor of Civil Laws,
ono Of tho eight foreign Associates Of The lm2c-
rial Academy Of Sciences at Paris, besides being
member Of many learned and scientific bodies in
Europe and America.
The CuURCu PROPERTY bill, which Ius passed
tho Lower House of tho Italian Parliament, nnh 20
now pending in the Senate, in vii" """. 're'' 10
proDapi, ,-..iI or ;ts Bucccss IL very sweep
Ing measure. The bill nsurcs the suppression of
all religious corporations, nnd provides for the ad-
ministration Of their property By tho Slate-.that
is by tho local commissions, composed Of the
Prefcct Synic Fiscal Advocate, agent OF tho crown
,and and two upright ctizens." These local com
missions nrc to bc superintendent by central COM
/ mission consisting of tho Chief Director Of tic
Crown Lands, Tho Treasurer Of tho Religious WUr-
ship Fund, two Deputies AMI two Senators. All
tho personal property md 1ye per cont. of tho
revenue derived from landed cstatc: are to be APP
piled to tho cxpen.cs of religious worship, mn. to
tho life pension OF mcmbcra. Tho Church lands
I aro TO DO pul up in small lois nj public a,ic-
. ton ut minimum price, bidders 10 deposit II
, tonth Of that prico in Tho provincial treasury
, tho day Of sale, tenth Of tho actual purchase
. money ten days alter, and tho remainder TO be
paid in cghteon years, in fixed rates. at six pcr
cont. Ii paid down, seven per cent. discount will
: bo allowed. Charitable institutions aro to bc cIt
: unmoleated for tho timo being. ''Thc Government
, ia authorized" says the BILL "to emit at sncl
cpochs md in such manner ns it accs fit, suni.
cicnt number of fivo por cont bonds insure the
entry in tho treasury Of tho actual sum of 100 OGO
000rr. These bonds shall be accepted at their
nominal value, in payment of tho lands Whose sale
by this law is dccreed." There wcro present in
tho House whom tho yoto was taken on tho most
vital proposition OF Tho BILL 2Si members, OF whom
, only four abstained from voting. Tho result was
yeas 265; nays Is. writer who was present when
the voto announced, states that "wild chcorr
rang through Tue house, and the sitting was slls,
pended for one hour"
AMONG THE passengers who recently left New
York for Europe by tho City Of Anf,re,p was Mr.
D DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, who goes to attend tho
Social Science Congress, whicl, meets nj belfast
Ireland, OH tho 18th Of September. At the las
I session OF this body, held i'll Manchcstcr, Mr.
tEER the qmnGR m e Al Int
, ana committee was appointed for that pnrposc
, composed of somo twenty members, of whom ono
ment or mon eminent i'll Law, sucll ~ MIR. DryMAS
, Lord HonAnT, MIR. LErEvRE and MIR. WEsri..Er
France Is represented by DERRYER and DIs;sIAHIsr
Germany by Professor MITrERMAYEn OF IIcidel.
borg, nnd other names wcli known in The
, legal world; and thero also representa-
tvcs from Italy, Belgium and Russia. MIR. FIELD
who is u member OF tho committee has been lalu,-
| rously engaged upon tho sn!jec. for many months
but the work s vast that il is not expected iai
any report will be attempted before another wear
Tho commission will meet at Belfast and comparo
tho results of ther Investigations, and or.npiyo
for further labors. Tho importance of tho work
caunot be orer-cstimacd. At present there is no
established international law. Thu only aullori-
ties nre The writings OF individuals slcl us Ono.
TUE 'ArTEL and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or great cmi-
hehce. but their opinions arc not recognized rs
binding. What is accepted in ono country il re-
jected in another. To bring together these divers
authorities and tho decisions OF different points,
by treaty or otherwise, with Wow to harnonze.
il possible, the 1,lo and practice of all civilized
nations, would DO great service, and would so far
10 reyent International disputes
BOSTON pAPEl announces that Mr. DIcKry.
will rcnd in TINT city in December. We think This
| ls premature. Al We are informed, Mr.. DoLpY
tho agent OF Mr.. DICKENS, makes NJ nrrlgcmouts
Indeed is not authorized 10 mako any arrange
ments-unti ho Inns looked over the ground, re-
ported to his principal, apd has from him received
fresh instructions. Mr.. DOLBY Ia now in pl,;lu
&delpha. Ho has received letters from nearly one
hundred towns and citios asking tho loan or rso
OF MIR. DIcHEks for ono night or longer. For The
present printed formula, entirely non-con,mittal
goes in reply. These letters como from the entiro
country from Eastport to Omaha and cities
not oven mapped out when DICKENS prepared
his American Notes. now tender linn audiences
ns large rs Brigade in halls of proporIionato
sizo and grandeur. Hundreds of niIc., West of
that Eden whence the cheerful Mark Topicy spccn
lnted on American progress, and The great Posram
and tho inimitnble Jefferson Brick swelIed into nm
natural proportions, thero como invitations TO
''read" to orderly, and settled, and civilized COM
muntics, which already have antiquarian aociotics
and talk of tho graves Of their pioneer snce,tors,"
| AT TUE RECENT MEETING of The American ASSN
citation for tho Advancement OF Science, profcsnor
j. +. HoLToE read n curious paper on tho rsc OF
| months for dates; no recommended The numbering
OF tho days Of tho year in their sequonco 40 as tn
got nd OF tho confusion of calculations attondunt
upon our irregular and arbitrary division into
months. IT WAS shown that according to this
plan the reckoning OF intervals Of timo would In
greatly simpliRcd, since it would hccomc simplo
| subtraction. Tho occurrence OF the now moon
! and tho leteF1niyta linn of tho do, -, A.