The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-07

are in pursuit OF him IN the country IL hss
been asoertained thar he actually ventured into
81 Louis on Saturday.
Tho man who says he saw sea serpent in
Newark Bay sdheresto to his story. he says in
q card to paper that ''if folks don't believe it
tasy needn't snd ;Evaon1 care; but II any Of
'em Asd beea IN the boat With me they would
most tHkslx have Laughed on; the other side OF
Choir mouths. Thst,s what's the matter"
J: ! "a Jeessy gs6ias Ms invented device for
watering horses Iheu travelling or at work, by
which their thirst may be assuaged without
stopping. II appears 10 be more particularly
designed for the benefit Of the draft animals
sof city street cars. The bit Of the bride or
! hsad-Atall u made hollow, and has attached to
: It aaaxible tube connected with . tank carried
In Or on the vehicle. By pulling string the
water is caused to flow into the bit, and then
through a~y6itable .orifce into the horses
nossh. This beats the apparatus for filing
locomotive tanls without stopping.
"A shocking murder took place in Boston on
Wednesd,y. The vile of DR.. Alvan 81. Hobbs,
Mas ahos through the heart that night BY one
Naior White, who is said to,be from Tennes-
zee. She died instantly. The murder was
done In cold blood, and In the presence OF the
husband and child of the victim. White was
arraiened charged With wiltul murder. and
wsiyin9 IN examination, was committed to
] all. lis stated that for general years be had
known and loved his victim, snd that In 1851,
afSe ehsd sttsoksd her with knife, he was
sent to the lunatic hospital ct south Boston,
where he remained six months.
A-The fashionable wster,1g plsoe season is
oonsidered to be hsH over on August LIST, and
the landlords and proprietors begin to estimate
Aeir profts. II q ssserted this year that the
-hotels hays suffered severely from lack Of
borders. and that mono of the places Of great
resort have been full. The reasons given for
this falling OF are stated as follows: money
toBe thrown away or spent in folly has not
been ABUNDANT this SUNNI. 81; and; second, new
resorts have been discovered where comfort
/. able and cheap accommodations can be obtain
ed. and whers the visitors are not required to
dress in the height Of the fashion and to be
bound down by the rigid requirements OF
ssocisty.
Tho Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald writes: "It seems to be pretty
generally understood here now that President
Grant viii not permit his Cibiuet to pract Ply
pulIfy the results Of the late Virginia election
BY exacting the obnoxious test oath. I am in-
formed ttat tho President is fully resolved to
abide BY the popular verdict, and that, too,
against the advice Of some Of his constitutional
{. advisers. who are well known to be Of diamet-
rically. the opposite opinion. This inform ltion
is strengthene6by an article in the Richmond
Enquirer Of this morning, which says: We
have It in Q most Direct manner that the test
osth will not be exacted.' The words are ital-
icised, and seem to bear the impress OF su-
thority."
Mr.. Medill, In order to give an idea Of some
things in California, makes the following strib-
ing comparison: California Is immense in every
respect. The State itself is nine hundred miles
long by two hundred broad. Three States
larger than Illinois can be carved out Of II.
Wonderful as Is ito mineral wealth, yet that is
Tar exceiled by IT'D agriculture, by it's fruits and
flowers, grains and grasses. The highest peak
in tbs Allegheny mountains is hardly one.
third Of the altitude OF peaks in the Sierra
Nevada; and the talleet tree in the Mississippi
Valley would not reach to the lowest limb Of
some Of the forest monarchs Of California
Think OF trees whose trunks ara greater in
diameter than the shot-tower in Chicago, and
whose tops pierce the heavens further than
the highest church-spire in Chicago placed on
the top Of that shot-tower would reach.
"A Yale student named Deming was terri
bly, injured in . base ball match, at Waterbu-
~, Conp.. on Saturday. A ball was thrown to
. great height, and he started fer another
catch. when, getting into the edge OF the
standing grass, he struck one foot against
scythes-nath, which had very thoughtlessly
been left there. The snath turned. bringing
the sharp blade against the calf OF his left leg,
iDAIcung ghastly cut. laying open muscles,
tendons. cords, severing two arteries and the
point OF the blade penetrating almost into the
knee JOINT. Notwithstanding the terrible
wound, DemiDg secured the ball, rose to his
feet and hobbled q short distance. when he
began to realize the extent OF his injuries and
saxz to, the ground. he was taken to the
<Scoville House. where. his Wounds were dress.
ed. II is uncertain IL he can survive. He is a
member Of the ejuniarelass Of the college.
DIR. Sears late letter throws some needed
light on the nature and management OF the
Peabody fund. lnprimis. it is nota charity
but an cpcouragement-thatis is, is not meant
to be the instrumentality, sole ard direct, o
educating poor children, but means of assist
ing efforts made otherwise to that end. II in
any State the children are oy law provided fol
in the way Of schools. then with such State
the Peabody fund has nothing to do; but il