The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-27
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at 39a.
Cotton closed in favor Of buyers. Sales
1900 bales; mddlings 2ssa2S2
Cotton in Liverpool closed quiet; uplands
115a1l2d.
New York has ''velocipede lunatic asy-
lum,' called "Gymnacididium."
In Hartford steam power is tc be applied
TO the running Of sewing machines.
--Catgut is to be we represented at tho
Boston Jubilee; 4iO fiddles are already Or
dered
"A protest against rituali5m in the Protestant
Episcopal service, and call for an ant1-ritu u
alistic convention, have been published and
signed by many prominent clergymen in Iili-
nois.
in France, when prisoner is sentenced to
death he is taken to a vcry strongly built cell
and has toput straight jacket. guard
remains with him night and day, and highly
stimulating food is given to him. Owing TO the
liberal allowance of wine given to the men
shortly before they are sent to the guillotine,
most Of them are drunk when they are execu-
ted.
The steamship Mississippi, which left Rio
Janeiro on the 23d of April for New York, ran
ashore at Martinique under full head of
steam, and will probably be q total loss. ALI
hands were saved by the assistance of a French
war steamer. The cargo consisted OF nearly
14OOO bags of coffee, together with sundry
Brazilian products, in all valued at 100000
in gold.
The New York News says: ga ru mor has
been in circulation in Catholic circles for the
past week that Mr.. A T. Stewart has become
q convert to the Roman Catholic religion and
that he will be in open communion with that
church in week. It is also said that Mr..
Stewart has given within the past week OF two
large donation in M oney to the Sisters of
Charity. Last Tuesday evening, at the Paulist
Church, in Fifty -ninth-street. Of which the
Rev. Father Hecker is the pastor, the reception
into the Church of Rome Of ex- x-Surgeon-Gene-
raj Hammond, of the United States Army,
took place. The conversion of the general is
due to the lecture delivered at the Cooper In
stitute, about week ago, by DR.. odgers, the
well-known Tennessee ritualist."
DIR. Brownson is accredited with the author
ship Of tho article in the June number Of the
Catholic World on s'Spiritism and Spiritists.' -
For the sake of the theory he wishes to evolve,
the writer makes no slight concessions to the
believers in table-tipping and spirit rapping.
he acquits them of being intentional deceivers,
and believes them to be subject to Internal in
Huences. The spirits which visit them are not
tnOse OF deceased mortais, but are the devil
and his imps. The views they present of the
eternal world are those Of the Pagan Hades,
rather than the Heaven of the Bible. He in
cludes planchette among the machinery of the
powers of darkness, and considers the women's
1MOvement as one OF the worst manifestations
OF spirit,sm.
"A prompe mt official, who is a strong pro-
tectionist, recently called upon President Grant
for the purpose OF ascertaining his views upon
the tariff question. In reply to q question, the
President said he was decidedly opposed to any
legislation which had for it's object an increase
in the taxation of articles or merchandise i'm
ported into the United States. It was useless
to say that the revenues of the country de-
manded it, for such was not the caee, and it
was far better that many of the high duties
already imposed be stricken Of, and not bur-
den the country with still higher ones. He
would not conceal the fact that he believed
small tariff was necessary, but he would like
to sac the revenues OF the country raised as
FAR as possible from internal taxes, and not
from heavy duties upon imported goods.
vThe Paris correspondent OF the Boston
Journal speaks enthusiastically Of the great
care taken of, and consideration shown for,
children In. France. He declares it to be one
of the fashions Of Paris to make special parties
for children. e nd the same forms and ceremo-
malls are gone through that mark party for
adults. A very marked illustration of this was
seen at the Chinese Embassy lately. The am
bassador gave o series Of entertainments to
the nobility Of France and the foreign ambae-
sadors. The series wound up with an enter
tainment ia the same grand style which had
marked the others, given by little Gertrude
Burllngame to her associates, at which the
American children in Paris we're invited. The
rooms were lighted in regal style. Servants
were in full costume, music was provided and
q handsomer- dressed and q happier room of
children were never seen in Paris. Romps and
games, American and Partisan, filed up the
hours.
Count Tolstoy, the Russian Minister OF
Public instruction, has recomm en- aed to the
Emperor Alexander the Second that all Rus
sian Universities shall hereafter be opened to
women as well as men. curious fact is that
it is owing to the Krghese that women have
been admitted to the study OF medicine in Rus
sia. Several years ago. that rowing tribe ap-
piled to the st. Petersburg Government for
some women familiar with obstetrics, who
might practice as Gcooucheuses in their camps.
The request was complied with. and 80 well
were the Kirghese pleased with their new mid
wives that they applied at st. Petersburg soon
after for some women who possessed general
knowledge Of medicine and might practice as
physicians among them. They were greatly
surprised when they heard that women were
not admitted to the study OF medicine in
Russia. The representatives OF the tribe.
during their sojourn in g. Petersburg, met
young lady who had been studying obste-
tries for some time, and who told them if
they would obtain permission from tho Inn
perial Government for her to attend the med
ical lee ures as the university, she would