The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-08
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
l24al2l. a
Cotton. closed dull and nominal; uplands
1870; sales 80 bales.
The was a holiday in Liverpool, and con-
seauently no cotton transactions.
The crop of icebergs is very large this
season. Two, each half mile long, are re.
ported from st. Johns, and many others have
been encountered further out at sea.
Letters just received from Berlin, state
that the celebrated tenor, Wachtel, is coming
to the United States next autumn. He will
leave in September. Next to Niemann, this
artistic is said to be the finest tenor in all Ger
many.
1t is stated that the Cherokee Indians IN
Western North Carolina have filed claim
against the government for all the lands lying
between the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland
mountains, and extending from Bristol south
to Chattanooga. The grounds Of the claim are
that the chiefs. did not Sign the original treaty
of cession.
Two hundred ready-msde dwellings are to
be shipped from Chicago to Colorado. They
are to contain seven rooms each, with parti-
tlons. stairs, windows, sash and casing, roofs,
and trimmings for doors and windows, COM
plete, and can be placed in complete condi-
tion for occupancy in two hours after beng
unloaded.
The directors Of some Of the principal
railroads and telegraph lines have had model
of galvanized iron pole submitted to them
which combines the useful and ornamental.
The,new invention is designed more especially
for country lines, but has 30 many advantages
over the old wooden pole that managers Of
the leading city lines have decided to use 1t.
The new pole is constructed 30 that 1t can be
packed section within section, telescope
fashion, and can be ahipped to distant points
with great facility, and at 9 moderate rate.
For pole fifteen feet out OF the ground, suit
able for country line, the first section is three
inches1n diameter, the second section is two
and asbalf, and. d.the third one and quarter.
NSHg6tlipg, rods areife eanired with the iron
poleI TM0 0t newpoles have been put up in
PnaidsJphla and tested BY an electrician, who
says that they always insure q perfect current,
and strongly recommends them for both city
and copntrs;ii lines. q In Prussia and other parts
Of Europe Iron telegraph poles are used e1-
clnsiyely.soss ~ ih:,sg
"A serious feminine complaint at Long
Branch, and at some other watering places
this summer, is the noticeable lack Of men at
those resorts. Dancing men and flirting men
are especially mourned. Judging from the
lugubrious accounts sent to the journals from
these vanity fairs Of sociallit nothing is more
melancholy than to see squads Of women Bit
ting In long rows upon the piazzas, gazing at
each other with critically-morose eyes, wrath
fully noting the successive arrivals OF other
women, with vast trunks, and eomplacent
smirks upon their faces, and all OF them Won
dering what has become of the men. Some
enterprising pntFeyor OF humanity could per-
haps do, well # he would recruit q drove Of
presentable young men, furnish them with.
good clothes at hisaown expense and SEND
them down to the Branch on matrimonial
speculation, with the understanding that those
who might succeed in making rich matches
with some of the pining Mariannas OF these
seaside localities would pay him percentage
on his expenditures. plan Of this kind would
work as well as any other at Long Branch,
where sham and snobbery too frequently drive
decency to the wall, or rather to the palings.
The second year is now running Its. course
since the hendish murder Of Mr. Nathan, and
the murderer is still at large. From some
cause, which does not seem over-clear In the
minds Of the public, VIM. Forester was singled
out among couple of score of other Villains
none too conscientious to be guilty OF any
crime-as the author Of the deed. When 1t
became noised abroad that he was suspected
knowing that, If caught, should he escape the
gallows on this charge, he would stand good
chance Of being handed over as f',gitiVe from
Justice In another State, he fed. Since that
time the, sun has failed to shine cn ii!m two
successive days in the same place. On the
plains, In the mountains, in every disguise, ne
wandered about the continent, constantly elud-
ing the officers who wei on his trail. Finally
arriving at Galveston, he shipped on vessel
bound for England, and from Liverpool he
went directlyto Scotland, the place of his ma
tlyity. rOfacers have secured Scotland and all
the British domains, but have tailed to secure
,,,im. About three months ago, Detective Pin
kerton arrived from Europe after his truitless
search, and is now in Chicago. 1t is reported
that officers in the old country have struck his
trail, and may possibly secure him; yet 1t will
not be surprising to many if the Nathan muir
derer is never found.
-Itis yet too early to speculate upon the
Presidential election of next year, the fall
campaigns afording the earliest reliable data
forjcomputatlon of the relative strength Of
the two parties; but the situation at the pres
ent time Is highly encouraging for the Democ-
racy. Counting the electoral vote of those
States which are acknowledged to be Demo-
cratic, and of those in which that party sue.
ceeded at the last election, it appears that the
Democratic candidate Is sure Of l53 votes, or
minority of only six in the electoral college.
But In this estimate we throw out Connecti'
cut, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
and Nebraska as Republican,; and, supposing
that th. Democracy holds its own In the
States where 1t is now secure, the gain Of any
one of the six doubtful states-with the ex.
ceptIon of Nebraska-is sufficient to elect Its
President. Connecticut and New Jersey are,
in fact, Democratic, although now under Re
publican rule, and the great States OF onio
y,.,..,,,n,, e., bouo noma Tn he considered