The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-11
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MONDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1869.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold closed in New York on Saturday, a

bales. Uplands l2id.. Orleans l2td.
Milk has risen cent quart In Boston,
notwithstanding the rain!a@a e''
Next month there win be an Irish Emigra-
ton Convention at st. Louis.
Don Piatt will be Washington correspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial next win
ter. at salary of 500 per week.
Henry W. Raymond, eldest son OF henry
j.. will not take an editorial position o. the
Sun. but has commenced as a reporter.
Mr.. George Peabody will spend the winter
In the south of France, at the villa Of Mr.W.
W. Corcoran, who will sail for Europe in No
yember. ..-i-.,xs,:.3 -. .o o-9yo! i7-+'f,'t
..f.-Napoleon III goes to bed at $50 nowadays,
and often he has the Prince Imperial at his
bedside falling him long ,yarnsdestined toin-
fuence his future conduct, -;'-sfi'.
Two eminent financial authorities have re-
Gently been interviewed" in New York
Commodore Vanderbilt thinks there SIS nc
crisis, except in the newspapers" and John
Morrissey is ofopinion that the situation proves
that " "anybody knows how to win well, but
very few know. how to lose we'll" ,t
sav-It is to be noticed with disgust as well as
regret that tableaux representative Of Lord
Byron, Lady Noel Byron, Mrs. Leigh and Mrs.
Harriet Beechers Stowe, are presented at the
Tsnmany Theatre IN New York. stThe dread
fnl topic Of the alleged Byron incest, says the
Tribune, "is altogether too solemn, too mo-
mentcus, and we add, 'tooasirty (if anything
can be too dirty for the use Of the spectators
In human deprayity who degrade the stage in
these days. to be used In this manner" aes
.T--It appears from the German papers that
befter relations are being established between
Austria and Prussia A short time since 1t
was noted. as a faYorablee aiGp. that dfesf
of Prussia at Baden, and had been invited to
dine with her Majesty directly afterwards. IN
teliigence from Berlin now mentions that an
invitation has been sent, or Is on the point Of
being sent, to the Prince, and Princess Royal
ofPrussia to spend few days in Vienna be-
fore proceeding to Italy, where the Prince Will
shortly embark for 1Egyptoe Some diplomatic
changes are also talked Of, which, though un-
important in themselves, are looked upon as
evidence that abetter feeling Is bliketo prevail
between the two governments.
81 Some of the Incidents Of the recent boiler
explosion at the Indiana State Fair are very re-
markable. Where the engine stood was left
no perceptible trace, except an area Of smoked
and blaekened ground. Even the foundation
had been torn up, and not brick was left
standing the one upon the other. The framing
of the saw mill was thrown askew, turned
over, broken and dislocated.. A. large piece Of
the boiler, which must have weighed five hum
ltred pounds, was carried q distance Of a hun
dred yards. But, more horrible than all, was
the appearance OF the dead. Several yards
nom the disaster was found a pair of legs, held
together by the merest shred Of flesh. AT one
place was the headless trunk Of man; OF
Huother was the leg of a woman, with her
boot and stocking and part Of her garments
Sun upon IL; the arm Of man was found
driven intoa q poplar board while not far from
Power Hall was seen the body Of q man so
herribly mptilated chat his heart stomach,
liver and lungs could readily be seen. When
Hrst;diacoVered his heart was still palpitating,
and the motion of the organ was plainly OBJ
serYed. man walking in front Of the Execu-
tive headquarters was startled at seeing the
scull of man drop In front of him, the flesh
actually scalded OFF the bones, but the eyes
ndteeth still remaining in the socket and
laws In a lumber pile, near the place where
the boiler stood, was found some of the re-
mains of a man literally dded into the inter-
stiees between the planks. A piece of mans
head, showing part of the forehead, the nose
and left side of the face, the hair and whiskers
very black, slightly tinged with gray, was
found near the Executive office, and there were
ether Ike spectacles.
nj The recent combination in New York to
put up the price of gold, and the controversy
that has grown out of it, have brought into
unpleasant prominence Mr.. CorbiD. Much
of the notoriety which attaches to him arises
from the fact that, besides being one of the
principal ''bull" operators in gold, he is the
brother-in-law Of President Grant. Mr.. Cor
bin was a prominent member of the gold
eliqne. Mr.. James Fisk, Jr, was also
member, and the names OF Fisk and Cor
bin hager been coupled together in a man.
ner that Gorbin does not like. To get nd
of the obnoxious imputation, Mr.. Corbin has
authorized it to be. stated. that '.he-. did not
associate with spoh men as Fisk, and that
he had never communicated with him respect
ing gold operations This declaration brought
Fisk down upon him with counter statement
and pile of afidavits. Fisk asserts that not
only was Corbin party in interest with him
In the gold speculation, but that the scheme
was actually organized by Corbin and others
before he (Fisk) knew Of its existence, and
that Corbin's representations Of the powerful
influence which he could bring to bear in favor
of the SPECULATION enlisted in his support other
gentlemen of means and capacity" In short,
TO use Fisk,s coarse but expressive language,
s.Corbin was the biggest toad in the puddle
Now, why does Fisk describe Corbln as 1.-THE
biggest toad in sthe puddle ~ and how came
It that he. was expeeted.sO pqll the clique
safely through Simply because he was the