The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-22

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~ NEWS OF THE D4E.
Gold closed in New York, yesterday, at
12sal2a.
Cotton closed steady and firm, with light
offerings; upands lss .cents.
LIN Liverpool cotton closed easier; up
lands SD, Orleans std.
The latest report about the Prince OF
Wales is tharhe is Ritualist. o.:
The Masonic Order has total member
ship in the United States of.466,s03.
The maxim OF the Hon. Rufus Drew, New
York stock operator, Is that "there are two
hundred million Of them ere shares In Wall
street, and all for SALE" while that Of Commo-:
dore Vanderbilt is, "sonnyi' never sell what
you haven't got" -.o..g., ;e;1.aE VA; '..-
Some time since, Savannah fire company
visited Boston, where they were handsomely
entertained by two of the principal companies.
Since the return of the visitors, regular fire
of presents has been kept up on both sides.
From the Savannah companies, those In Bos-
ton have recently received a consignment Of
valuable mocking- birds, turtles, coons, and
other productions indigenous to the South,
which, it is needless to say, were fully appre-
clated. In return, one of the Boston COM
panies is about to send q consignment of NAL
tese cats, nine in number, with promise OF
others yetto come.
The chronopher is the name Of the instru-
ment which supplies all England with the cor
rect time. Il is In direct communication with
the Greenwich Observatory, and with sixteen
OF the principal cities OF the kingdom. and pre-.
cIsely at 10 o'clock A. ld. the hour is flashed,
not only 10 those stations, but to every post
Office In the country, so that all time Is regu-
lated to the twentieth part of second. Time
guns are fred evsyy day at lP. NJ. at Newcas-
tie and Shields, by batteries connected With
the chronopher, and all the prominent watch
makers III London receive the exact second
every hour from the same Instrument Un-
der such strict regulations the uniformity Of
time all over The kingdom is as nearly perfect
as 1t can be made. -,.
There are physicians who contend that
phobla affecting human. beings; that 1t is all
the work OF she Imagination, acted Oh by the
fears of the person bitten by a mad dog, or
one supposed to be mad. How do these gen.
tlemen account for the death of a child twen-
ty-one months old IL Chicago on the 9th in
stant, which, about four weeks previously,
had been bitten BY q rabld dog' The doctor
in attendance reports that the child manifest
ed every symptom of rabies, refusing water
and all noulishment; seemed endowed with
supernatural strength, and showed all the
canine tendencies to bite it's attendants; and
that it died IN agony on the fourth day from
the attack. There was no Imagination in
that case, certainly. Better that every worth
less cur In the land-muzzled or unmuzzled-
should perish suddenly thar that one human
being should suffer such tortures as the vic
Tins of hydrophotia undergo.
A curious condition of impecunioslty has
overtaken the Chinese Embassy in Paris.
These Orien.als were originally sent to France
about the time of the outbreak of The European
war, to ofr.r the apologies of the Emperor of
China for the massacre Of French subjects by
the Tien tsiu mob. They found, upon their
arrival, that the Emperor Napoleon had gone
atsoldiering. But the Emperor never came
back. and while waiting for some opportunity
to present. their message TO somebody author
lied 10 receive 1t, the Government of France
took 30 many shapes as to perplex and con-
found the ENJOYS. With the accession of NJ.
Thlers to power, the Embassy has attempted
to make the proper explanation to him. NJ.
Thlers, however. refuses to receive the apollo.
pies which were Intended for the ex-Emperor,
and the envoys have been compelled to send
TO China for fresh set o&excuses, suitable to
the changed political aspect of French affairs.
But 1t seems that, en- attendant, the ENJOYS,
whose money has given out with the long de-
lay, are suffering the pangs OF poverty, and
have, it is whispered in diplomatic circles,
nearly exhausted their wardrobe OF silks and
eating IN surreptitlOus visits to the national
pawnbrokerage establishment OF the Mont de
Piete, in a heroic resolve to keep up appear
aIces.
1t Is not often that millionaire makes a
compulsory visit to a Jail, and when he does it
is sufficient TO command general attention and
draw together great crowd to witness the
strange spectacle. On Thursday the stern de-
crees Of the New York coroner were fulfilled,
and the president, superintendent and engi-
neer of the Staten Island Ferry Company were
led to The Tombs Mr.. Vanderbilt, the venera-
bic president, as he walked by the police
captain, wore serious expression of counte-
nance, and staggered along with unsteady
strides in his endeaTor to keep up with the
younger anu lrlsker officer. Mr. bralsted,