The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-08
NEVIS OF THE DdF.

in New York, yesterday, gold closed at
144al45. ,
-Cotto. was lower; uplands l9j; sales 1900
bales.
The youthful Trochu is about ffly-hve
years of age.
-Thirty-slx recruits tor the Papai-Legion
left Montreal last Wednesday.
The Republican Convention which met at
Savannah yesterday transacted no business OF
importance.
y-People who think themselves weather-"ise
are already predicting an unusually cold
winter.
"A nephew Of Baron Moltke is said to be q
soldier ia the United States armr at San An
tonic. Texas.
in New Orleans the papers are complain
Ing CT the heavy crops OF grass and weeas
growing in some OF the streets.
Tie London Saturday Review says that,
waving prejudice and principle, 1t Is inclined
to hold the profession OF spy preferable to that
Of war correspondent.
"a cargo of tea is now sent from Snansnai
Z. or Zoo Chow to New York, via San Francisco,
in fif,y days, at a cost of only 50 Is per hum
dred pounds.
General Robert E. Lee was unanimously
elected president of the Valley Railroad, at
meeting of the stockholders held In S.aunton,
Va, on Thursday last. The salary is nTe thou-
sand dollars.
"A prominent legislative lobbyist In Chicago
has sued the Illinois Central Railroad COM
pany for professional services" in securing
the passage by the last Legislature OF bill IN
which that company was interested. The lob
byist claims that ne was to be paid FIVE thou
sand dollars for his service, end the company
having failed to keep Its promise, he comes
into court for redress.
Between fifty and sixty Germans left New
York on Saturday by the City Of Paris to join
the Pruss;an army, they owing military ser
vice to Prussia. They were sent by the near
eat consul to their residence to the North Ger
man consul in New York, who gave them in
charge to Lieutenant Schulter, forty-fourth in-
fantry, fourth corps Prusslan army; Sergeant
Halber, forty-ffth infantry, ninth corps, and
Captain Munser, who Is going to rejoin the
navy, They came from New Orleans, Tennes-
see, Georgia, San Francisco, Chicago, Mexico
ahd New York State.
~ circular has been printed at Washing
ton, the purpose Of which Is to obtain for COM
piiation, In book to be called the "Blue
Book Of otNepot:sm," the names Of any two or
more relatives, by blood or marriage, who
hold office In the civil or military service OF
the national government When this list shall
be made out, 1t Is to be presented to Congress
and the State Legislatures, in the hope that
thus the evils Of nepotism may be mitigated.
It is desired to obtain the passage Of a law to
the effect that hereafter no two or more rela-
tives shall hold Office by appointment in the
civil or military service of the United States;
that no relative Of any person elected to office
shall hold Office by appointment; and that no
relatives shall hold office in any bank or in the
financial department Of any company charter
ed BY government 1t. is believed BY the
issuer Of the circular that more than one hun
dred millions of dollars could thus be annually
saved to tue nation and to the States.
The St. Louis Republican recently had a
long description of the hanging of man
named Skaggs, at Bloomfield, Missouri, on the
26th OF August. 1t appears that the doctors
got possession Of the body after 1t was cut
down. and Immediately attempted to resusci-
tate life by the application Of galvanism. An
account Of the experiment and OF the effects
of the galranic current for the first few hours
on the body Of the victim is also given by the
Republican. 1t now appears that regular
breathing was completely restored, and that
S1aggs appeared to gain strength until mid
night: after which he gradually became weak
Els eyes opened and closed, and at different
times followed the movements OF the sheriff
and Mr. E. Butts, who were in the room. At
so1e time, when the battery was not In opera
'tion, skaggs threw his LEFT arm over his breast,
and then again laid 1t by his side. The breath
In: continued till four o'clock in the morning
:. at this tineit was scarcely audible. In eigh.
.teeaomlnutes more deceased, ,and skasgs was
abandoned as dead. During the experiments
he never spoke. He was hanged a little af:c.