The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-05
CURRENT NOTES.

The gas in New York is the subject OF bitter
complaint in the Journals Of that city who assert
that there Is no town in the Union furnished with
such miserable light ami charged such cXiraya-
giant prices.
The iron bridge at st. Louis, connecting the
Illinois AMI Missouri shores of the Mississippi
River, Il reported 10 have been commenced, and
four hundrcs. and thirty men, with all the mo.
,tcrn steam appliances for urcNcavating earth ami
moving heavy stones ana iimbcrs, are now al
work. The bridge structure is to he composed of
ilircc wrought anu cast Iron arches, one of five
hundred and fifteen feet In length, the other two
four hundred and ninety seven feet each The
lower part Of the bri,lgc Is intended for the pas.
| sage of railway trains; the upper for ordinary
travel.
Sewage, rs manure, is HOW attracting great
attention In England and IL Is asserted that the
members of the Metropolitan Board OF Works of
London, by their apathy on the subject, are con.
niying 1T an enormous waste Of money and frrti.
lizing power By ncglcctlng TO utilize the sewage
| of I.ondon. The annual outflow OF the sewer
wafer OF London Is estimated at one hundred anu
eighty millions OF tons, and this refuse Is caicu
lated 10 he worth nine iarthings n ton. Hence. it
Is con;cndcd, valuable manure is discharged into
| the THAMES worth $1,000, 900 per an,,m or so
| jij Il day.
The snirocation Of four persons at Il fire in
| Liberty street, New York. has cacI attention in
that city 10 the necessity ot construc ing outside
iron stairways TO The tenement houses. which are
| frequently crowded with human beings from the
cellars TO the atici. Ladders leading TO the roofs
| scuttlcs ana ropes have been tried and ruunG to
| l,c Intellectual. II Is asserted that within four
years over thirty persons lave been su:locatcd or
burned to death in consequence Of the absence OF
Suitul,lp m fnu
suiiocaied in Liberty street it is cont ended could
lave been saved had the lircmcn ascendcd tu the
| rnofof the building. and then descended through
| the hatchway, instead or attempting 10 force a
| passage upwards from below.
From the reports i'll the London papers IL Is
evident that the people there lave become much
more cypcr; than before at the business of max
ing lhanics tunnels 4 new one, which has gone
on without much cosmopolite notice is now
nearly completed from Tower IIln to the street of
the "TlIrcc Tailors''-TOoley ST rcct-u distance of
over 800 feet; 800 feet shorter than our grca,
Br0o6lyn bridge, that is to be- The work WAS
going on at the rate Of nine feet In twcnty-four
honrs-a much more rapid speed than that OF the
hrst Thames tunnel. which, for one cause or other
took twelve or thirteen years 10 complete it, In
the new tunnel people can hear the sound of pad
dies ami other noises on the river overhead; bn;
the arch is pronounced Il perfectly safe one. and
the listeners are 9uitteS E)oRr Ia l)euf as The
French say.
some OF the ideas proposed at the recent
"oman'S Parliament in New York are rather
startling. married woman onght TO have a
legal right To dispose in any way sllc may please
Of share Of her husbands Income According
TO that plan, an cNtravagunt woman might
mortgage her husbands earnings before he re.
ccivcd them, and he would have no power to
hcln himself. In cases OF prOiligacy, the money
y i n, ,n,s s,cionE .SSt1 h,,sbr ~ nj, chill
N..S" IN SIC Wilbur, hsr, .ne .,..Jliicr
.lcISer contcudcd that children should bc allow.
ell greater frccdom-that no article belonging to
thcin should he touched without their consent;
that any question they liked to put should be
answered. and that they should be accustomed
to the idea that they are TO think and act indc-
pcndcntly. II is generally supposed that I'm this
country there is not much room for Improvement
in the aforementioned particular.
The Army and Navy Journal says that the
Navy Department proposes 10 lake the defence OF
oar labors out OF the hands of the engineer corps
or The army, cnlrusing il no longer TO foris, but
To monitors anu torpcdoss. The new torpedo
corps is being put into an effective condition, and
In case of need will prove itself valuable auXi.-
airy. y new ironc!ad is in progress, cmbudying
the il;iin itlea OF the monitor, having an c!ong;,-
tel turrct carrying fourteen guns, five on each
side ana two each front anu rear, thus command
ing the Whole horizon with its artillery, ana With
| ont changing the position of its guns. II will
carry sail and iavc tclesc0plc mast., which can
| he taken in when preparing for action. and II
bawsprit That can be trccd up and got ont of The
way Of the forward guns. II will carry five or
SIN Inches oi IRON armor backed with foriy-Iwu
| inches OF oak. These are, we believe The main
feature OF the vessel proposed. I, IS expected TO
| combine the cNcc!lcncics Of the monitor with tile
advantage; uf Il hcu;t.i.de vessel.
Two or three ~ the French ncws,anors OF
tic Republican sl'lc complain with bitterness OF
| the lack or sympathy which they meet with in
| Tie United States AMI England. The Americans
VINO reside in Paris are accused o! being 10 Il
lhrSt extent. toa'lies Of The courl-rcaty 10 fra
tcrniIc with anybody who Will procure them adj.
mission Ia cour; balls and festivities II is de-
| ciarcd that The French opposition, which no
doubt consists OF the most illustrio,s men Of the
country, finds more friends among any other
class Of foreigners than the Americans ami Eng.
lish Certainly the articles OF some OF the I.ondun
papers are offensive cnOugli-thc Tory Journals
even advising the Emperor 10 try another I'd OF
december. From the French point OF view, this
as every one will understand, seems sclIishucss
ITSELF On the other hand, IL Is not clear bow
any class Of residents are To manifest their pref.
'erence for the opposition If they do prefer II.
The most they can do IL to abstain from ostcnta.
tions marks Of regard for the powers tEa: are in.
stalled.
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