The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-02-01
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American and Irish subjects. He is very popu-
lar and his houses are jammed.
The London Times says that the respon-
sibility Of most Of the evils at present oVseaha-
dowinp the South rests upon Congress.
Jefferson Davis has been nominated for
the presidency Of the Texas Pacific Ra'iroad'
He ia now in Mississippi.
"A pantomime at one Of the London theatrs'
was interrupted by the explosion OF hme
light, which blew up the property man and
fiddler.
The Baltimore Sun ssys that in Washing
ton there is a Cabinet "Ring," composed OF
both Republicans and Democrats, which In
sisss on the resignation Of MIR. Stanton.
"A dsspsrado named Mariner, in an afray at
snirns, Tenn, was shot six times with pls-
tol and cut with an axe, from the effects OF
which he died.
The Philadelphia Mssons are to take i've
wears to build seven hundred and fifty thou
sand dollar temple, with tower nearly three
hundred feet high.
The Paris managers put new play upon
the stage with wonderfully short dresses. The
naners notice the indeioaoy, the piece is made
an immediate success, and then the dresses
ara lenethensd to avoid the notice OF the po-
Boe.
The New York Citizen, edited by Miles
o'Rsilly, says that iii General Grant casts his
Lot with Congress, he will be the most dis
gracefully bsaten candidate for the Presidency
that ever ran in the United States"
"A fresh attempt has been lately made to
induce the President to pardon Charles h.
Dunham, alias Conover. MIR. Johnson, how
ever, refused, although the request came nom
his own friends.
"A young Swiss farmer carries Oh the prize
for cool cruelty. In order to please his mis-
treas he dossd his wife with strychnine, and,
when the poison began to operate, Lay down BY
her side. watched her agonies, and calmly
handed her water hcm time to time, as she
asked for it, until death ensued.
The Petit Journal Of Paris says that In
1885 the snow was 30 deep that only the ohlm-
neys appeared above the surface. The letter
carriers would 90 to chimney and cry out,
srDoe, Jean jacques live here ?" ''Oui." LOOK
ont chem for letter" and down it would come
into the fireplace.
The internal condition Of Italy is becoming
critical. Fears are entertained that coup
Getat is contemplated at Florence. tie be-
Ieved in Paris that the relations between the
French and italian governments arenot 80 cor
dial as they have been.
1t is understood that the wire-pullers have
determined to run Stanton for Vice-President
ON the Grant ticket. The convention to meet
at Chicago in May next will be mere formal
gathering, and its function only to endorse the
preordination Of Congress.
-Milnor Gibson, a leading member OF the
English Parliament, In speech at Ashton, de-
clared that peace must be preserved between
ENGLAND and America. Other cabinets would
succeed those now in power on either side OF
tho Atlantic, and these cabinets would not be
pledged to the policy or words Of either Lord
Stanley or Secretary Seward.
The Emperors son is first for calculation
In his class Of the Lyoee Bonsparts. One OF
the professors attend twice day at the palace,
and thus the Prince follows precisely the COL
lege course, and does the same work as his fell
lov.students at the Lyoee. This is the first
time the result has been published. The class
consists Of forty boys Of every rank, from the
eons Of butchers and tailors to thst Of the En-
psror.
The policy recently adopted by Prussia on
the Roman question has caused surprise, but
an exclamation Of this course is found in the
fact that in sustaining the temporal power OF
the Pope, the Prussian Government finds q
powerful means of oonciliating it's Catholic
subjects and strengthening its influence over
the Catholic States OF South Germany.
Mrs. E. A. Pollard WAS still in Jail on
Wednesday evening. In the thick part Of her
right hand is wound, which' she says she re-
ceiYed during the scufae ct DR.. Moores store.
Mrs. Pollard told friends who visited her on
Wednesday that having had her trunks and
effects seized by the proprietor Of the hotel
where she was left by Mr.. Pollard, she on Tues
dsy wandered out half frantic to endeavor to
hear or find her husband. She disclaims any
recollection Of having fred the pistol.
The Washington Express Of Wednesday
ssys: cat a private gathering Of gentlemen,
Of both political parties, one OF the Justices
Of the Supreme Court spoke very freely oon-
carnine the reconstruction measures Of Con-
eress, and declared in the most positive terms
that all these laws we're unconstitutional, and
that the court would be sure to pronounce
them 30. Some Of his friends near him sug-
cested that it was quite indisoreet to speak 80
positively, when he at once repeated the views
In q more emphatic manner" This is the
paragraph referred to in the kilograms pub
lished yesterday.
Lord Ranelsgh, an English Peer, has been
prosecuted again for smoking in railway car
ri.ee. and fined. Some time ago he was fined
for smoking on the South Western, und week
after the company put on smoking carriages.
In his defence his Lordship said that when
these laws we're made smoking in England was
the exception, now it is the rule. The Prince
Of Wales smokes; the Duke OF Cambridge
smokes; several bishops smoke; MIR. Bright,
MIR. Carlyle and Mr.. Dickens smoke. AS the
majority smoke, it is only necessary to put on
every train carriages in which smoking ls for
bfSden, as they have in France carriages In
every &ain into which men are forbidden to
enter.
The bill for the reorganization Of the