The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-13
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 1871.
NEWS OF THE D1T


New York bellies choose their dresses to
match the color of their poodles.
The Emperor of Germany has refused 10
extend the period OF federation Of rouge e'
noir at Baden-Baden.
The Rev. Samuel NJ. Richardson has taken
charge of the High School at Darlington ior-
merly presided over by Professor Wright.
Mr.. D. D. Home, the spiritnalst, mas oeen
married to the youngest daughter OF his Ex-
cellency the late Hon. Basil de Cloumehne'
Counsellor of State to the Emperor OF Russia.
Baron Rothschlld's late exploits on the
English turf are surprising, aud in fact without
precedent. In one year he has { rrled OF the
four highest prizes-the Derby, tie Oaks, The
st. Leger, and Czarewich.
"A Vermont girl, who sued false lover LOT
forty dollars, for breach OF promise, gave the
court this rule for reckoning the damages:
Nine shillings per week for ''setting up" plus
the value of lights and fuel.
in a pamphlet entitled VA Minister Oh war
oftwen,y-four days." General Count Pallkao
frankly admitted that he was the originator ol
the fatal flank march TO Sedan, which termi-
mated in the surrender of Mcmahon ana MS
army.
The ration furnished each day in Chicago
by the relief committee for three persons con-
sists of a peck Of potatoes, three pounds OF
pork, one pound of sugar, one pound ol
cheese, three loaves Of bread. one pound OF
crackers, one bar of soap, one caooase' ana
two quarts of onions.
The correspondence regarding the Hornet
is progressing slowly. The Spanish Govern
ment made demand upon the Haytien Gov
ernment for the Hornet, against whtcn the
United States. Minister, Bissett, protested.
Subsequently the crew of the Hornet hooted
the Spanish Consul, whereupon he hauled
down his consular flag. Meantime the Hornet
is virtually blockaded by q Spanish man-of'
war.
Five negroes were slightly wounded ana
a negro policeman killed last night near the
Ocean House, in Portsmouth. (va.) by crowd
or drunken men from Norfolk. The wounded
negroes were quietly passing down Light
street at the time they were shot. a negro
policeman interfered to stop the firing, when
ne was shot through the head by some one In
the crowd, and died almost Instantly. Several
persons implicated In the shooting have been
arrested.
The Oneida Community in New York are
beginning to feel shaky since the smoke OIL
the late Salt Lake Investigations has arisen.
The leader, Mr.. Noyes, in communication 10
an Albany paper, informs the world that there
Is q vast difference between Mormonlsm ana
Communism. But where Is the dtss:mllarlty
between Mormonism and Onedalsm In moral
ASPECT, The rules of The Oneida Community
are no less offensive TO common decency and
morality than those Of their brother sa iats
Utah, according to all the accounts we have
ever had OF them.
"A fire was discovered yesterday morning
at one O'Clock in Fisher Bros jewelry store,
in Chattanooga, which destroyed block and
a half oil The business portion OF the city. The
loss is estimated at seventy-ave thousand dol
lars, thirty thousand Of which was insured.
The fire was the act Of an lnceudiary. Tne
city was fred in two other places, but extin-
guished. Fifteen desperadoes, supposed 10 90
from Chicago, arrived from Memphis on Satur-
day night, and suspicion points to them. A
large number Of persons were arrested tor
committing robberies.
On Wednesday morning last the citizens
OF Union were surprised at finding the town
plcketed by United States soldiers on every
road leading to it, and the marshals actively
engaged in making arrests. The following
persons were arrested and placed under guard
In the Courthouse: D. B. FAINT, Perlicer FAINT,
W. G. Hughes, W. Hughes, Jr., Munro FAINT,
John Beyls, Albert Ewbanks, Jason Greer, 4.
q. Greer, Wesley Sanders, Chas. Jeter, B. F.
Gregory, j. Rice Rogers, l. G.. McKlssick, Jr.,
Edward Hawkins, Harrison Hawkins, Robert
Hawkins, B. F. Bentley, Richard Parr, Daniel
Black.
The Tlchborne trial recommended on the
9TH instant iu London, and the lat fellow who
claims to be the veritable Sir Roger Is again
undergoing that delightful badgering at the
hands o. NJ. Solicitor, which has heretofore add
ed so much interest to the trial. In the interval
between the postponement and The resump-
ton OF this famous cause, great deal OF evil
depce bearing on the claims Of the selfassert-
Ing Sir Roger has been guhered from the
four quarters OF the world. ALL these new facts
which will either make or mar the claimant to
the Tchborne title, will come out in the course
of the resumed trial.
North Carolina is becoming the land, par
excellence, of executions. II was only week
or two ago that two wretches expiated their
crimes on the scafold of that State, and now
another has met his death in the same man
ner. The criminal in the case was Mack
Swami, negro, who was convicted of an out
raseous assault upon an estimabe lady seven
ty years of age. The jury was thoroughly lm-
partial, being composed of six white and six
colored men, and the evidence was too con-
elusive to admit of a shadow OF doubt as to the
guilt of the accused, who, nevertheless, stub
bornly asserted his innocence to the last. A
large crowd assembled at Smith1eld, where
the execution was to take place, but the sheriff
doomed them to disappointment, and not more
than twenty persons were allowed to enter TIE
jail yard. The preparations being concluded,
Swami was marched to the scafold, attended
by strongly armed guard. He manifested an
unusual degree Of fortitude, and ascended the
steps firmly and steadily. Being asked if he
had anything to say, he merely remarked thai
he hoped his friends would meet him in Heav