The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-18
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MONDAY, DECEMBER is, 1871.
NEWS OF THE DIY.

The Liverpool cOltoH mdrhel eiose"
steady; uplands 1Od.; sales $4,000 bales.
The bark Mary stetson, from New York,
bound for Aspinwall, has been abandoned al
sea.
John R. Duff, clerk in the postoffce al
Memphis, drew the twenty-five thousand dol
lar-prize in the Louisville Library Lottery
" Governor Conley, of Georgia, vetoed the
section of the appropriation bill appropriatins
. four hundred and twenty thousand dollars to
pay interest on gold bonds, on Saturday.
Germany, under her new military organi'
zation, will be enabled, in case of war, to put
in the field within FIVE days an army Of l,30O,-
600 men.
The ice crop will be very large one next
, year. Everywhere the ice men are already
gathering good supplies of ice, varying from
six 10 twelve inches in thickness.
Subscription of the thirty-nine articles Is
no longer prerequisite TO receiving degree
from Oxford University. The English press
seems to welcome every indication Of reigi-
Gus federation.
DIR. O. W. Hess, formerly business mana
ger Of Crosby's Opera House, who attempted
TO commit suicide few weeks ago, died on
last Wednesday night. at Chicago, from the
effects of the wounds.
-Robb, the collector Of Savannah, after a
full and free investigation on the part Of the
prosecution, and under the statement of the
district attorney and charge of the court, was
on Saturday honorably acquitted BY the jury
without leaving the box.
"A shooting atfray occurred in front of the
postofice, in Richmond, Va, on Thursday
last, between John Smelling and Andrew Mon
tiero, both sporting men, which resulted In
Smelling being probably fatally wounded.
Montiero was arrested; he is but slightly hurt.
Governor Walker, of Virginia, has pardon
ed ex-Mayor Chahoon, of Richmond, hereto
fore twice convicted of completely In the
Hauensteln forgery. Very general satisfac-
tlon is expressed at this action OF the Cover
nor, who states that his principal reason for
so doing is that it was earnestly recommend
ed by very large number Of worthy citizens.
Saturday morning the caboose car Of
material train on the Virginia aud Tennessee
Railroad was thrown to the bottom Of raVine
while crossing bridge near Salem. The con-
ductor Robert A. Fagns, and colored man,
named Frank Campbell, were killed. The
contents of the stove set fire to the car. de-
stroying it and bnining up the two bodies,
together with several spans Of the bridge.
The Japanese Mikado, in pursuance of his
policy to popularize his government, lately
appeared in the streets of Yedo, driven in an
English carriage, four-in-hand, with only four
running footmen. Subsequently, he walked
out unattended, and has issued an imperial
order iorbiddlng the performance Of obeis.
ance and ceremonies formerly prescribed By
law on those who met the Mkado face to face,
or were passed by his official emblems.
The Catholic Bishop Barclay, Of New Jer-
sey, who lately delivered temperance ad-
dress before the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of that State, Is reported 10 have de-
clared that he has ''ordered the clergy to re-
fuse Christian burial to those who die of the
effects of liquor as we'll as those who sell 1t to
drunkards." BE does not believe In prohi-
bitIon laws, and thinks 1t best to fight the vice
BY the influence Of moral saaslon and religious
opinion.
The Grand Duke Alexis has sent FIVE
thousand dollars to Mr.. w. b. Aspinwall for
the poor OF New York City. Mr.. Asplnwall
has appropriated from this sum fouc thousand
dollars to the Association for Improving the
Condition Of the Poor, and one thousand do.-
lars for the benefit of disabled sailors. The
Grand Duke has also given two thousand
dollars for the poor of Boston, and we
hot ~ S,,a
to the Chicago relief fund.
An official order from the War Depart
ment announces the death of Brigadier- Gene
raj Robert Anderson, at Nice, France, on the
26th of October last, speaks In commendatory
terms of the character Of the deceased, and
mentions the fact that on the l4th Of April,
/. 1865, exactly four years after his surrender of
Fort Sumter, he had the satisfaction, by ap.
pointpent of the government, of again no ST.
ing the Identical fla, which meantime had
never left his custody, over the same fort, then
reduced to heap Of ruins. His remains have
been placed on board the United States ship
of-war Guerriere for transportation TO the Uui-
ted States On their arrival proper orders
will be issued to do them honor.
Our navy makes but sorry exhibit Of its
efficient condition. 1t has one hundred and
seventy-nine ships Of all classes, of which
ffty-two are steam monitors, and only one is
in commission; the rest are useless. Fifty
three ships are in commission, the rest are on
the stocks, undergoing repairs or ''lald up,
and of these none are likely to be of any future
use. Says Secretary Robson: "Unless some.
thing is done our cruising navy, now by no
means powerful, indeed s:arcely respectable
for nation of our rank and responsibilities,
will soon almost wholly pass out of existence as
an arm of our national power" Truly cheer
ing prospect. Economy is a good thing, but,
like charity, it had better begin at home.
After sundry leaks In the civil service have
been efectually stopped, 1t will be time enough
to reduce the navy Of hrst-class power to a
feet OF mud-scows.
The Washington Chronicle of Saturday
says: "In the contested-election case of Bowen
vs. DeLarge, of South Carolina, DeLarge, who
now occupies the seat, has failed to put in any
ebutting evidence against the testimony Of
the grossest frauds put in by Bowen. Addi-
tional testimony from the confession of one Of
lhe commissioners OF election seems 10 have