The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-25
NEWS OF THE DAT.

Saturday last, and authorized him 10 draW ior
1000 more. If necessary, to aid In the
election of Greeley and Brown. -. q
1t would seem that the name OF Byron ID ever
destined to be associated with scandal LORD
wentworth, the Son of Lord Byron's daughter
Ada, has recently advertised In the pnollc
prints that he will hereafter pay no debts o.
his wife,s contracting Lady Wentworth, a
woman of great beauty, is the daughter OF the
Rev. George Heriot.
"A novel case was tried In New YORK the
other:day. Itlnvolved tie right Of man to
mortgage q cemetery lot, and the presiding
Judge held that such transaction e6ald not De
considered legal, for the reason that when
cemetery property has once been occupied py
graves it ceases to be regart edas aportlon OF
the assets of the owner.
a ministerial decree has been published
In the strasbourg Official Gazette forbidding
the use of French names for streets In the
city, and giving list Of the new German
nsmes by which they had. been replaced. A
clique Of nti.Germsn tradesmen have met the
Innovation by having the old French names
painted on their signbo ards. .r n : ~.
Besides vigorous letter Of Mr.. wallace
Tsppan, reslgning his position on the Grant
State committee OF New York, the Tribune
publishes letters from ex. congressman Charles
Hughes and Burt Van Horn, repudiattng the
denomination. I Mr.. Tsppan has been long an
active and jealous Republican In New York,
and is the third member Of the State
committee who has resigned since the re-
nomination. of President Grant -s2-,
"A Washington telegram OF Monday says
"Hon.. Alex. Mcclure, chairman of the Liberal
Republican State committee OF Pennsylvania,
passed. through Washington to-day, on his
way to participateln the North Carolina cam
paign. He brings most favorable reports
OF the political situation In Pennsyl-
yanIs, and states that the only re-
manning question Is Just how much majority
the Democratic candidate for Governor will
receive In October. He states that the diVis-
ion In the; Republican ranks is simply irrepara'
BILE, and that nothing can now be done to unite
thevote on Hartranft.
This important fact Is stated by the New
York Grocer. The individual alluded to is
undoubtedly George W. Ch!ids, :: the Phila-
delphia Ledger: st is rumored In the street
that distinguished Philadelphia banker and
newspaper manis negotiating for New York
paper which stands among the most infuen-
tial. q The sum offered for the buildings,
presses, paper and goodwill of the concern is
simply fabulous. The wealth and daring Of
the negotIator makes the matter probability,
and, If the parties are In earnest, the sale will
. be ,consummated. II 30, very marvellous
change win take place in one OF the leading
New York journals"
,.-Richelieu had finer guards and appt!at-
ments than Louis XIII, and Blsmarck's trav-
ellIng arrangements appear 70 be on more
: than royal scale Of luxury and convenience.
A correspondent writes: "Some accommodat-
ing arrangements have been made for the use
of Prince Bismarcks presentation carriage.
nhas the right to circulate freely all over the
State railways and those belonging to all the
railway companies in every part of Germany,
without any charge, and must be attached to
any train and drawn up at any station indca-
ted by the Prince or Princess. The carriage
Is declared to be free from all control on the
part Of the railway officials 1t depends en-
tirely on the Bismarcks' will whether other
persons besides their servants and suits shall
be admitted, and In that case such passengers
shall not be requirei to produce the tickets
they may have taken. The carriage Is go con-
structed that 1t can be made to run over any
line of rails; and 1t is only In Elsass-Lorralne
that some little difficulty will be met with, on
account of the carriage being dangerously
high for the tunnels" Should the equlpage
meet with s'some little difficulty" in the last
named province, probably the Inhabitants
would not be absolutely inconsoable.
We see 1t stated that they are trying in
France to bring some army contractors to
punishment who only contrived to get forty
eight to one hundred and twenty-seven per
cent profit ont of their wares. One Of the
chief criminals Is the prefect Of 3 department,
and it will be interesting to know whether he
is sent to the hulks, or whether the example
of this free and enlightened country will be
followed, where those who plunder whole
communities remain outside of penitentiaries,
and those who are plundered are put inside as
Ku.Klux, The French thus far appear to
have made creditable progress In emulatlng
Amerfcsn enterprise in robbing the public.
Among other things, the official ring IN the
French Department of the Nord ordered and
paid for si1.y.nine thousand tents, when they
had only twenty.six thousand soldiers to pro-
vide for. They supplied rifles that would not
20 Of, boots and shoes that wore for two days
only, and tunics for which ten days. wear was
the limit of existence. This would have done
honor to our own shoddy contractors, and II
such practices prevailed extensively before
the Franco German war, tits not to be Won
dered at that the military power Of France
met with such sudden collapse.
Lovely woman is destined to take her
mart in all this worlds affairs. and no mistake.