The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-14
NEWS OF THE DAP.

a machine at New Haven performs tne
vbole process Of making needles without the
manual labor of any person, and turns out
On oap) TO 10000 OF them daily. Another ma
chine picks them up and arranges them heaas
and points together, and the third piece Oh
mechanism puts them into paper. IL ls need
le,s L, remark that this Is bringing Inc tnlng
down to very fine point
-oueen Victoria, who is now In scotland,
recently pa,5 another visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Brown. of E,cras-the latter being the mother
Of the Queens well-known Highland attend
ant John Brown. The royal visit was pro-
longed for some time, and was the second II
not the third call made by the Queen on MRS.
Brown during the present season.
The election returns from the legislative
districts In Illinois already indicate that the
{ minority representation plan Of voting, as ap-
piled to representatives, has given to the NIL
nority much larger and fairer representa-.
tjon than the old system OF voting still re-
tsIned In balloting for senators. If, as is pro-
bable, the Republicans have carried thirty-one
districts and the Liberals twenty, and this pro-
portion held as to the House, the latter would
stand ninety.three Republicans to sixty Lib
erals. Under the plan of minority represen-
tatlon the House will probably be divided into
about eighty two Republicans aud seventy-one
Liberals, which will be much closer approx
imation to the proportlonate vote OF the two
parties In the State. It ls entirely probable,
however, that this result is rather due to the
recognition of the new system by party con-
ventions than to any Intelligent application on
the part of Individual voters.
question or capiCal punishment mas
excited much comment and discussion. The
effect of Its abolition In Iowa does not seem to
give satisfaction In that State. The Northern
Iowa Synod of the Presbyterian Church, at its
late session in Dubuque, passed resolution
declaring that the action of the last Leglsla-
Sture, In abolishing capital punishment and
substituting therefor imprisonment for lie,
was hasty and unwise, and recommending to
all Christian people thst petitions be circulated
looking to the restoration of the law as it for.
merly stood. Their action has been endorsed
by most of the leading Journals of The State,
one Of which, the Waterloo Journal, states
that since the repeal of the death penalty, only
six months ago, the increase In the ratio OF
crime has been enormous, and this fact,
coupled with the Interpretation Of the law by
the coerts In the cases Of capital felons, has
already created in some places determine
ton to resort to lynch law and administer
unauthorized vengeance.
The new German Empire Is In bad way;
nd loh0 or % ouniorQfSno
by tens OF thousands; its arnr lacks recruits;
and the Emperor is at loggerheads with the
Diet II Is now reported that the government
has created several new peers In order to BE-
cure majority In its fsvori In the upper house,
aud that the lower, house, representative
body, viii be requested to reconsider Its vote
against the reform bill. If reconsideration
shonld be refused the government will again
Introduce the obnoxious measure and press
for its passage. The prospects of success
through coercion are not promising. Prince
Bismarck, with all his shrewdness, will be un-
able to force the stubborn but intelligent depu-
ties 10 that against which their conscience or
their interest rebels, and there Is fair chance
for q total break between the government and
the Diet. The great empire is an imposing
spectacle to the world at large, but like other
empires It has its troubles.
"A new engine for propellng street cars IS
described as being on the principle ofthe Eng-
lIsh compound-engine In use on ocean steam
ers. .Ithas two cylinders, and drives the car
by direct crank connection, without any inter-
mediate mechanism. 1t Is so compactly made
as to occupy no more space than an ordinary
base-burning parlor stove of the larger size,
and does not intrude upon one foot of passen-
ger room. By an arrangement of the several
parts, economy of fuel ia accomplished; the
smoke Is consumed, and noise and SCOT are
avoided. The power employed is that of five
horses, and the cars, which are of the usual
dimensions, can be controlled, as to stoppage
and propulsion, quite as handily as though
drawn by horses. The power can be increased
at pleasure up to the capacity of twenty-f
horse power engine, thus enabling IL to ascend
grades Of four hundred feet to the mile. The
engineer can "slow-up," In the space of thir-
ty-two feet, when the cara are going at the
rate of twelve miles an hour. The engine is
placed upon the rear platform, so that the
windows can be left open IN pleasant weather
without the annoyance of smoke or cinders,
as there is none of either, while any dust that
might be raised is left behind, thus comforting
q vast amount of pleasure and comfort upon
the passenger. The tests made thus far have
been most satisfactory.
The Washington Patriot has been added to
the list of 'organs" perlshing for want of
patronage. It was established TWO years ago
in the hope Of being sustained by government:
advertising, in case of change of administra-
ton IN 1873. 1t thus announces its demise:
A1ter Two years of earnest effort to establish
Democratic Journal upon a solid basis at the
capital, and to render it at least partially
worthy of the high mission in which it en-
gagged, We are panied to confess that the ex.
pertinent has failed to realize our hopes. and