The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-06
Tbe Mbaflestn1t 9emS.
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1872.

n Nr. Wn11Ar e. SIMMONS, Jr., is the
travelling agent. for The NEWS, for South
Carolina.
lra NEWS OF TEE DAP.
Chicago proposes establishing perma-
nent exhibition on the plan OF those OF ST.
Louis and Cincinnati.
The Mississippi River is to be stocked with
shad. Onondaga Lake, New York, was few
days since stocked with the same fish.
"A new system of casting type is said to be
coming into vogue In England, the type being
cast in syllables, enabling an average compost
tor to set five thousand ems an hour. Inc ln-
yention has been patented.
Mrs. Wharton, who was acquitted In An
nspols last winter Of the murder of General
Ketchum, Ia In better health, and has returned
70 her home In Baltimore. 1t Is thought that
she will never be tried on the charge of at
tempt to poison Mr.. Van Ness.
The New York and Brooklyn Bridge when
completed will have total length of 1862 feet,
and width of 80 feeti the central span will be
1000 feet long, with an elevation of lSO feet
above high water; the towers will be 26s feet In
height above the surface OF high water, and at
the base viii be l34 by Sc feet.
Some capitalists OF Belgium have built an
enormous hotel for the sole use Of their en-
ployees. For about thlrty-fve cents day
man can get comfortable room, good meals,
(only one Of which, however, Is OF meat,) and
a certain amount of washing during the week.
1t Is as yet uncertain whether the experiment
win pay.
The New York Herald Of Wednesday says:
srhe Southern State bonds were dull to stag
nation. A few orders In South Carolinas
appeared to be the only business, and these
were executed at decline In the new bonds
to 2sR. The old bonds were firmer at 55, on
rumor that the several insurance companies
who.hold these securities, by reason OF State
law that compelled the insurance companies
having agencies In South Carolina to make
deposit of collaterals at the State department,
intend moving the courts for a mandamns to
compel the comptroller to pay the interest,""
--S0lne curious experiments have recently
been made In France to ascertain the effects.
OF wine, brandy and sbsinthe on fowls. The
rov~s----A
especially those VINO drank absinthe. Two
months of absinthe drinking was found sufh-
Client to xii. Che strongest cock or hen. The
fowls who indulged in brandy alone lasted,
however, four months and half, while the
wine-blbbers survived for ten months. It was
not only their health which was affected by
alcohol, their personal appearance underwent
an extraordinary change. An immense de-
velopment Of cocks crests took place. The
crpsts, it is stated, increased to four times
their original size, and assumed hue of un-
natural brightaess- probably on the same
principle that the noses of confirmed drunk
ards become preternaturally large and red.
The steam plough has always been favor.
ably received In Louisiana. Mr.. e. Lawrence,
one of. the most practical and progressive
planters Of that State, has recently addressed
q long letter to the department of agriculture
giving the results ofhls experiments with this
plough, and the conclusions which they have
led him to adopt. Mr.. Lawrence claims the
advantages of the steam plough to be the
little time consumed In getting In the crop;
the ease with which deep ploughing and sub
soilIng Is performed, and which gives an in
creased production, and the extent Of land
that can be cultivated. There is a very fair
that these ploughs, though not an
swering all the requirements of their more
friends, will come into more.general
use in America for the breaking up Of level
land. and, especially Of the vast and unob-
structive surfaces of the Western prairtes.
In England companies have been formed
which transport these steam ploughs from
.arm to farm by contract with the farmers.
The curious fact was ellcted at late brew
ers' congress that Massachusetts, is the fourth
State only In the Union In the manufacture OF
termentsd liquors. 1t would be Interesting to
know what Aassso onusetts does with the beer,
but upon this the brewers give us noinforms-
ton. The New York Evening Post thinks that
as Massachusetts, brews more than half mil
hon Of barrels yearly, it is almost incredible
that she should not drink some of 1t. To man.
ufacture 30 much good liquor-we assume it to
be good; good, that Is, as besr-and have
never drop to drink" would be almost
to violate the scriptural Injunction not to
muzzle the OK that treadeth out the corn.
II 1t Is consumed at home, and is not merely
an article of commerce, 1t would be in.
terestlng to know whether Its manufacture has
Increased or diminished under the influence
of TIE prohibiuen laws, and whether its home
consumption has increased or diminished In
the same ratio. 1t is claimed by the brewers
that the death rate from delirlum tremens is
greater iu New England than in Bavaria, and
this difference is attributed to the use of dis
TILED and fermented liquors. Perhaps Massa-
chuse:ts is increasing her breweries with a
view to relief:ln this direction. There 10 q
great deal of beer made there. The great
question is what they do with it. If 1t be a
sin for the Inhabitants Of Massachusetts, to in
dulge in that tipple, is 1t q virtue to manufac-
ture 1t for the decentralization of other people ?
A Saratoga correspondent Of the Albany
Times gives the following about rich young
man who goes to Saratoga to make display
Of his new-fashioned mourning: "Among the
recent arrivals at Saratoga Is young gentle
man of great fortune, who is regular summer
visitor here, and who has invariably made q
great display. This season he proposes to do
Tho nlaca On a onIetar acale nm account of his