The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-15

-Mr. John Eliotson, to whom, Thackeray
dedicated .sPendennis," has died. He is said
stohaYs been the original Of the character OF
Dr. Goodenough.
y ACelsdon, the latest fashion in coiors, Is
described as a mixture OF pea-green and
oarange-something like the tint Of a Kittens
eye in a coal cellar.
--Eelish papers state that it is now the
tasbiou for brides parents to give party on
fhe evening preceding the wedding, for the
purpose of exhibiting the presents.
o-Teonce Andre Burthe, an old and prominent
eitisen Of New Orleans, died in that city May 5,
from disease Of the heart. he fell dead while
giving testimony in q case pending before the
United States District Court.
The Evening Express states that John w.
Forney has rendered his resignation as Score
taryof the Senate. This is done, Il done bona
ade 70 enable him to abuse certain senator's
without stint.
Tho statement that Mr.. Peabody, on quit
ting Rome, hadl TO the Pope 100000, is de-
Mad On authority. The italian papers report
more accurately that he had given 10000 for
ma NJ the educational institutions in BONE.
THE approach Of storms is to be announced
by the Western Onion Telegraph Company In
.Jt thoae tos-ns. that viii communicate the In
tslHgence to the neighboring fasme-s BY means
ocs aiensl guns fred according to . preconcert-
edsystem. The plan will thus be thoroughly
tested during the ensuing season.
-Mr. Halpine, in letter to the Ne" York
Citizen, says: .sMr. Chase, in private. makes
no concealment ofhis opinion that politically
fmpeachmant is the worst blunder Of the Ra-
dicals; while legally, to use the expressive
vernacular, .it has not q leg to stand upon"
In the building Of yachts an improvement
is announced. The mssts are surrounded in
Che .'stepD with india-rubber springs, instead
Of being fastened by wedges. This plan is said
to diminish the strain on the mast, and also to
increase the speed Of the vessel. Tt would
seem to be applicable to all sailing craft, as well
as yachts.
"A bill hes been introduced into the English
House Of Comnons;t to protect the property Of
masriel women. 1T proposes that . woman,
aftar her marriage, shall retain completecon-
troloyer her fortune and over her earnings,
with liberty to sue and be sued as Il she were
single. i;
The suit Of the widow Lyon against
Home, the Spiritualist. for fne recovery OF
$4,000 obtained from her under magnetic
influence, ? is progressing in London. The
revelations made in court are curious, denoting
the hsmogress of the new ritualistic dispensation
Of raps, table tips, leg touches, .:notted hand
herchiets and talk OF deadpersons.
The Connecticut; Legislature will this week
elect . United States Senator for six years from
Mareh4 1869, in the place OF James Dixon.
The Republicans have majority, and their
candidate will, Of course, be elected. Ex-Goy-
ssnor William A. Buckingham, Ex-Governor
goseph B. Hawiey, and o. n. Platt, Eaq.,
chairman Of the State Committee, are the
most prominent names mentioned in conne.-
tiop with the position.
The London Spectator says that Sir Robert
Napier, in his Abyssinian expedition, compell-
ed SO lofty African desert to yield water by an
American device not q twelyelnonth Old" "A
half dozen mules - it, says, ''are drawn up,
loaded with thin steel tubes. Tap tap, tap,
goes hammer, rgsed up in FIVE minutes, and
in ten the curse Of Africa has been conquered
as new Moses had smitten the roc nd
pure water for an army is spouting among the
stones." SsS,s.5 5,.s,tr..,i -. -,
The New York Sun gives brief statement
Why the income tax is unconstitutional. It
says the constitution provides that al direct
taxes shall be levied upon the States in proper
Hon to their population. Congress has no
power to levy any direct tax upon individual
citizens, and must impose such taxes upon the
States and upon them only. The income tax
is direct tax; it is levied not upon the States
but upon individuals, and therefore it is uncon-
stituiional, and cannot rightfully be collected
Of any man.. rs. ~
The Catholic Church in the United States
has shown remarkable progress. 1t is not yet
eighty years since the first Catholic Bishop
came to this country, and sixty years ago the
entire Union formed but one diocese. To-day
there are ffty-nine bishops and Wears apos-
tolic, and about thirty-three hundred priests.
az is estimated that the Catholic population
now numbers from seven million to nine ml-
hon in this country. Since 1850 the number of
churches has ncarly tripled, and within the
last seven years the clergy and laity have in
creased fifty per cent.
The funniest picture we have seen for long
time, out Of an unprofessedly comic newspa-
per, ia that in Q late number Of the, Scientific
American, representing the operation of a cow
milking machine. The COWS stand In row
attached to each udder is tube with close
fitting mouth, and all these tubes commune
cate with pumps, which are driven by steam
or horse power. The COWS being thus proper
Etapped, the pumps are set to work, and the
milk drawn from their udders neatly, expedi-
tiously, and with comfort to the animals. In
deed, the editor says, ''the COWS soon lc'Ir
TO come to the machine, if fed or salted a ts"
imee while being MIXED" What next?
"A Washington letter says: ''The bill to re-
new the charter Of this city might well be de-
slsred in its title to be to guarantee the sue