The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-08
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necessitv OF such an. instrument had long oeoh
81. .o o,r,ons attempts to construct one in for
49, .yes and recently picked out from scientific
,ocords had fallen completely into oblivion and
ror, unite unknown to him. They simply proved
that the feeling Of the necessity of such an III
strnment For re progress OF science was unlVer-
sal. As for his own contrivance, it was the hrse
ever attempted by the aid of electricity. fa-
ther Secchi then proceeded to state lew Oh
the results obtained fronf his meteorograph. Inc
sheets OH which the strokes Of the dIferent pei'-
cils OF the meteorogrsph arc marked, denoting 'ne
action of wind rain, calor1c, moisture. etc., on
being bound ND into books, may be consulted WIN
ee "a and it is then the intimate connection OF all
,he abovo elements of observation may De taken LII
az glance. Thus, for instance, the regularity OF
the direction and intensity Of the wind ID such
that when it changes the rise and fau OF the
bsrometer may be foreseen. This circumstance
e,nl,,ns how common people can guess pretty
nearly what weather may be expected, without oD-
serving anv physical instrument. Meteorologists
have hitherto neglected the wind too much, and
for want OF simple means Of hourly ascertaining
the horary curve of its intensity, little attention
has been paid to it. The wind changes perofe anu
after storms with the same precision as tne
barometor-a result in harmony with theory anu
essy to be understood, bus not hitherto pointed
out with sufficient olearness
syTHr New YORK correspondent OF the Boston
| Post writes sI am not aware that Bennetts
health is failing, but he is certainly pursuing
course that might lead one to that conclusion.
When mon are in er.reynls they generally repent
their past misdeeds and manifest desire to atone
for them. Bennett, know, is not in errfmts,
but he seems to bo quite penitent, nevertheless.
The ,jrst symptom OF his reformation was his sud-
den espousal, some weeks ago, Of the cause OF JUS
tice in politics. People were good deal surpris-
ol. but Bennett had so often playe them tricks
before that they refused to trust him. de ls sth
on the right side, however, and they begin TO
| think he has reformed for good The next step
that astonished them was his "make up VIII
Maretzek, to destroy whom he had used the lnfiu-
ence of the Herald for two years. AS soon as
Maretzek shook hands with him he held out the
olive branch to the other members OF the Mana
gers Association, and they accepted 1t. 80 the
war against the managers is ended. 1t Is SAID,
too. that he has decided to give up his frightlui
project of demoshing the Associated Press. 10
| he snre. the motive in this case is alleged to be
necuniary-a matter of $40 900 week-but that
NAV be SANDER. At any rate, it is gratifying to
see an old man reforming, and 1t woulo moi oe
charitable to remember that
"When the devil was sick. The devil monk would oe
But when the devil got well she devil monk was he
FROM THE SAVANNAH News ar1 Herald OF Sstur-
day we learn that at the examination OF the appli-
cants for positions as teachers in the Pubhc
Schools, conducted by the Examining Committee
of the Board of Education, there were thirteen
ladies who had the courage and determination to
undergo the ordeal. The results Of the examina-
ton are said to be very creditable to those oxam'
ined, showing an unusually high schoisrship IN the
subjects upon which they were examined. About
ten questions we're asked on each Of the following
subjects orthograpny, residing, 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 were 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 Harrla
to the two vacancies in the schools, these two
ladies' standing highest on the list. Miss Jones
has place in the Girls Grammar School, and Miss
Harris in the Girls Intermediate School. We
understand that the Board Of Education Will fur
nish q certificate TO all those who passed credit
able examination, and that nearly oil OF them will
receive such certificate. In case the number oil
schools is increased, according to the desire anc
intention of the Board, the now teachers required
will be taken from the list Of those just examined
The spEEoH OF Speaker Cofax, at Wooster,
Ohio, says the Boston Post, on the impeachment
of the President Of the United States, was. o Ia
grant insult to the people of the country, offered
BY the third officer in the Government. The
blind pesslonateness might be excused to any Or
binary ng-whanger on the party stump, labor
ing to carry 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 gu
pervise the process Of making the presentment on
the part OF the House, it was indecorous In the
highest degree, insulting to the country, and OF
extreme partisan vulgarty. 1t will not answer
for sueh men to challenge the dignity OF the Presi-
Dental Office under any inoumbency. The motion
Is 9lQply 10 tuO POPoAnA '~AA "NN-- 49,
Radical scheme Of impeachment. But the Presi-
dent is not to be arraigned, IL ut 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.
TIE object u.s. in threatening to depose the Execu-
two, 10 obtain control Of the official patronage
still left to him, in order to make effective use OF
1t in the next years general election. And Tor
this tha whole country ia to be plunged into
anarchy.
BusMAlcKs CIRCULAR upon tho Salzburg Confer
ence is commented upon yariously, according as 1t
is viewed honestly or with suspicion. In it he e1-
presses satisfaction that both parties confined
themselves to on-pohtical matters, such as we're
ostensibly the object of the visit. He considers 1t
extremely pertinent that the two Emperors did
not trouble themselves about the internal affairs
of Germany, seeing how nsuppottable foreign
tutelage is to the German nation. He says that
the Prussian Government has undertaken the TASK
Of directing tho development OF Germany, and no
ventures to hope that it will be successful Tor
eign powers will keep their proper places outside
he PROMISES llldt tue ENOitu
will not press the Governments Of South Germany,
but will cooperate to satisfy the requirements OF
the latter in the endeaver to consolidate the ma
tiopality. Some Of the Paris journals Charge Bis
marck with desire to produce "painful and IT.
ritating impression in France, notwithstanding
his expressed anxiety to reciprocate the pacific
views of that Government. If he really agrees
with France and Austria to keep things as they
really arc, and ii they agree with hun, we need no
further assurance Of peace. But diplomatic words
ara watery.
The WASHINGTON CHRONICLE, OF the 1st. says:
1.-THE Government has not authorized the pubhca-
ton Of any ntimatiop asto its course in the trial
u ahart of fhA