The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-08
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necessity Of such an instrument had long been
felt the curious attempts to construct one iu for
mer ages, and recently picked out from scientific
records, had fallen completely into oblivion, and
were quito unknown to HIM. Thoy simply proved
that tho feeling Of the. necessity Of such an In
strumcDt for the progress OF science was unlvcr-
sal. AS for his own continuance, it was the first
ever attempted by the aid of electricity. Fa-
Their Secchi then proceeded to state a fow Of
the results obtained from his meteorograph. The
sheets on which the strokes Of the different pen
ellis Of tho meteorograph are marked, denoting the
action OF wind, rain, caloric, moisture, etc., on
being bound up into books, may be consulted with
case, and it is then the intimate connection of all
the above clcmonts of observation may be taken in
ut q glance. Thus, for instance, tho regularity or
tho direction and intensity of the wind is such
that, when it changes, the rise and fall OF the
barometer may be fCreseen. This circumstance
explains now common people can guess pretty
nearly what weather may be expected, without OBJ
serving any physical instrument. Meteorologists
have hjthorto neglected tho wind too much, and
for want Of o simple means of hourly ascertaining
the horary curve Of It's intensity, little attention
has been paid to it. Tho wind changes before and
after storms with tho samo precision as the
barometor-a result in harmony with theory and
easy to be understood, but not hitherto pointed
out with sufficient clearness.
I'll NEW YORK correspondent OF tho Boston
Post writes II am not aware thai Bonnett's
health is failing, but he is certainly pursuing q
course that might lead one to that conclusion.
When mon aro IN erre1nas they generally repent
their past misdeeds and manifest o desire to atone
for them. Bennett, I know, is not in e%rirtnais,
but he seems to be quite %penitent, nevertheless.
Tho llrst symptom Of his reformation was his sud
I1o --1,,oo -~r.a ,0~o1ro 900 30 H. -~..-a ~ L..
tico in politics. People were a good Gcal surpris-
ed, but Bonnet had so often played them tricks
o o g orc ' nat. .ne EYRE rsiu nono tS sr''s and ant they be begin to
| think he has reformed for good. The next stop
that astonished them was his 'smake up" with
Marctzek, to destroy whom he had used the infu-
epce OF the Horald for two years. AS soon as
Marotzek shook hands with him he held out the
olive branch to the other members OF the Mama
gers Association, and thoy accepted it. So the
war against the managers is ended. It is said,
too, that he has decided to give up his frightful
project Of demolishing the Associated Press. To
be sure, the motive in this case is alleged to be
pecuniary-a matter of $40, 1000 a week-but that
may be a slandor. At any rae, it is gratifying to
see an old man reforming, and it would not be
charitable to remember that
when the devil was sick. tho devil a monk would be,
But when the devil got vol, the devil a monk was he"
FROM THE SAVANNAH News and Herald OF Satur-
day we learn that ut the elimination Of the appli-
cants for positions rs teachers in the Public
Schools, conducted by the Examining Committee
Of the Board of Education, there were thirteen
ladies who had the courage and determination to
undergo tho ordeal. The results OF the examine
ton are said to DO very creditablet to those exam
ined, showing an unusually high scholarship in the
subjects upon which they were examined. About
foN / --z.~ $3.50 - 49, - ~
subjects Orthograpay, reading, geography, arith-
metic, latin, algebra, and the theory and practice
of teaching. The examination continued through
two days, Tuesday and Wednesday,. The answers
to the questions we're written, and the papers were
collected, examined and graded by the Committee.
The result of this examination was the appoint
ment OF Miss Selma Jones and Miss Louisa Harris
to the two vacancies in the schools. these two
ladies standing highest on tho list. Miss Jones
has q place in the Girls Grammar School, and Miss
Harris in the Girls Intermediate School. We
understand that the Board OF Education will fur
nish o certificate TO oil those who passed q credit
able examination, and that nearly oil Of them will
receive such certificate. In cdse the number Of
schools is increased, according to the desire and
intention Of the Board, the new teachers required
will be taken from the list Of those lust examined,
1gE SPEECH OF Speaker CoIfax, at wooster,
ONO3 wv oHN ASoVCh = . OA ~
OF the President Of the United States, was g ia
grant insult to the people of the country, offered
by the third officer in tho Government. The
blind passionateness might be excused to any or
binary ~slang-whanger on tho party stump, labor
ing to carry q party election; but from the Speaker
OF one Of the Houses OF Congress, representing the
people as the head Of their Legislative body, and
expected, in case Of actual impeachment, to su-
pervise the process Of making the presentmont on
the part of the House, it was indecorous in the
highest degree, insulting to the country, and Of
extreme partisan vulgarity. It will not answer
for such men to challenge the dignity Of the Presi.
dental Office under any incumbenoy. Tn motion
is simply to familiarize the popular mind. with the
Radical scheme of impeachment. But the Presi-
dent is not to be hrraigned, if at all, from the
stump, or even in the public journals. Nor is he
to be tried by the body Of the people. These out
side proceedings sufficiently attest the partisan
rancorousness which slumbers beneath the plan.
The object is, in threatening to depose the Execu-
tive, to obtain control OF the official patronage
still LETT to him, in order to make effective use Of
it in thcynext years general election. Apd for
this the whole country -sis tosB plunged into
anarchy. s.a. ,ss
B1sMARoK'a CIRCULAR upon the Sa lzburg Confer
ence 10 commented upon variously, according as it
Ii viewed honestly or with suspicion. In 1t he eX-
presses satisfaction that both parties confined
themselves to non-poiitioal matters. suoh as were
ostensibly the object Of the visit. He considers it
extremely pertinent that the two Empesors did
not trouble themselves about the internal affairs
OF Germany, seeing how insupportable foreign
tutelage is to the German nation. He says that
the Prussian Government has undertaken the task
OF directing tho development OF Germany, and he
ventures to hopethat it will be successful il for
eign powers will keep their proper places outside.
He promises that the North German Confederation
will not press the Governments Of South Germany,
=. -. cooperate to satisfy the requirements Of
Inc latJ6r IN the enuo1vv.. .------,.l-Ao .ho :.
t~ionalisy. Some OF the Paris journals change Bis
marck with a desire to produce q "painful and il
ritating impression" in France. Notwithstanding
his expressed anxiety to reciprocate the pacific
views Of that Government II he really agrees
with France and Austria to keep things as they
really are, and If they agree with MIN, we need no
further assurance Of peace. But diplomatic words
are watery.
TIE WASHINGTON CHRONICLE. Of the LIST, says:
'"The Government has not authorized the publica-
ton Of any ~intimation as TO- its course in the trial
OF Jefferson Davis at the November term of the
Circuit Court in Richmond, consequently all the
statements that havo heretofore been published
are Nero s~urinises. It is semi-ofacially stated,