The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-19
Tbe ChafleStna1 9ems,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1871.
NEWS OF THE D4IY.

NEWS OF THE DIY.
Gold closed firm yesterday at l43al45
in New York cotton closed dull and lower
uplands 20sc; sales 1851 bales.
in Liverpool cotton closed dull; uplands
e4d, Orleans sld; sales $4,000 bales.
The Northern papers tell US that the wild
geese are flying Southwark, which means that
cold weather is at hand.
-Satsuma has introduced beef eating IN ia
pan, but out Of consideration for popular pre-,
iudice he has to call it chicken.
Miss Charlotte Tatnall, eldest daughter o1
the late Commodore Josiah Tatnall, died In
Portland. Maine, on the 9th Inst.
Whipping posts are being re.established
In various parts of Virginia, and many ol the
prisoners are said to prefer whipping to I'M
prisonment.
The Fiilan cannibals at San Francisco are
said to sing their native war-songs with
strong accent that curdes the blood of the
listener with mortal terror.
The phrase "put head on him" Is said to
owe its origin to Shakespeare, who, In Titus
Andronicus, calls upon the people to "help to
put head on neaQleSS home.
The temerity of Judge Mckee, of Callfor-
MIA, challenges admiration. With Mrs. Fair,
Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony in the same
State, he has recklessly decided that woman
is not sperson'-she is so physically, but ac-
cording 10 law is not" and that, consequently,
she could not vote under the fourteenth
amendment.
1T Ia stated that since the death Of the
Grand Vizler Aali Kebrasll Pasha, the Sultan
has announced his intention Of taking more
active and personal part in the administration
OF the government. 1t Is expected that ma
terial changes and reforms In several OF Inc
departments viii follow as the result oil this
new policy.
The Montreal race added another to the
series of untoward accidents which have
befalen the English crew since their arri-
val in Ameri,a. In the first place, some curl
GUS fellows in Montreal, ignorant Of the tender
nature of cedar shell, examined the boat
with such roughness of treatment, turning
It over and tumbliDg it about, that It was
badly cracked. The crew patched 1t up,
however, and determined to row. There were
three entries, the Rentorlh, the Barton and
the wlnship crews. At the start, the Winshlps
drew ahead, the RenTorlhs following; but
about one mile out, the latter spurted ana
caught up Meantime, the Bartons were pull
ing steadily along, hugging the shore, some
distance behind. But, with singular fatality,
the two English crews mistook the turning
point and pulled on some three hundred yards
beyond the stake-boats. They saw their error
too late, for the Barton crew turned their
stake and came in one hundred and fly yards
ahead, the Rentorths following four lengths
ahead of the Winshlps. The death OF Rem
forth, the defeat at Saratoga Lake, and the
present unfortunate blunder, certainly COM
prise series of misfortunes that Is apt to dis
gust the muscular Englishman with this
''blarsted country"
The latest tragedy in New York was caus-
ed by children's toys. The explosion OF those
vilanous articles known as Union torpedoes,
In Beekman street, although causing a less
number OF deaths than the Westd.ll disaster,
was equally terrible AMI demoralzng. 1t was
about o'clock, when the street was crowded
with passers-by, that truck loaded with these
nfernal machines, put up in neat and inno-
cent-looking boxes, stood In front Of the store
of the dealer. boy. Henry Brown, was
scraping the old marks of lhe hoxes, and Mt.
Goldschmidt, the manufacturer, was redirect
ing them. In unloading, the truckman hap
pened to drop one OF the cases. In an instant
the truck and Its contents disappeared in a
cloud of smoke, accompanied by an explosion
that shook the adjacent buildings to their
very foundations. Persons passing were dash
ed to the ground or blown into open stores;
windows and door were hurled from theiI
fastenlngs for blocks around, and houses
rocked to and fro to such an extent that
their occupants, wild with terror, dashed into
the street and sought safety in flight. The
great explosion was followed by rattle, as Of
small arms, caused by unexploded torpedoes
falling upon the street on their return from
their journey skyward. For few moments
Suffocating cloud of dust and smoke hung like
pail over the street, but as 1t slowly swept
away the full extent of the disaster was re-
vealed. The crushed and mutilated body of the
driver was found lying on an iron awning,
while the sidewalk was strewn with the dead
and dying, whose groans and cries for help
were agonizlng in the extreme. The boxes,
with their contents, had utterly disappeared,
only few pieces Of the truck remained, the
street for four blocks was strewn with frag.
ments torn from the neighboring buildings,
and all in the vicinity was wreck. The toys
which csueed this disaster are hollow globes OF
clay filed with very powerful detonatine
mixture, said to contain nitro-glycerine. Theil
sale had been prohibited before this accident
The Brooklyn bridge, which is to span tht
East River, is slowly, but surely, approaching
Il complettn, AMI will, when dnished, ot