The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

% cents; sales $1,000 bales.
The Liverpool cotton market closed
strong; uplands llalltd; Orleans llad; sales
$4,000 bales.
The new fashionable color for evening
gloves Is called Inearnadine. 1t Is a very hgnt
flesh color. =
Two of the foremost leaders Of the beau
& monde in Paris recently appeared ala fashion,
able ball without chignons. It is said an effort
.is being made In Paris to do away with these
. unnatural appendages.
Washington 1t lis reported that
judge Davisis In constant communication with
the Labor Reformers and; Is mapping out the
canysss to snit himself The statement that
81 Governor Parker will withdraw from the
ticket Ia pronounced Incorrect.
The New York health report for the week
ending on the Esd is quite as unfavorable as
that of It's predecessor. Whole number OF
deaths 6s5, an increase OF 64. This marked
increase Is undoubtedly reterable to small
snox. OF which there were liz cases and 80
deaths. an increase In the former Of 32and OF
9 the latter l3..
> IA Belgian journal announces that during
the soionrn Of Comte de Chambord at Antwerp
aletter came to him through the postofhce,
postmarked ssverssiles," and addressed "To
his Majesty the King of France, Hotel st. An
tome. at Antwerp What is curious about
this is, that the postmaster at Versailles shonld
have failed to alter this absurd address, which
was on its face an insult to the French Re-
public.
"A large fire occurred in .Valdosta, Georgia,
on Tuesday, destroying several business
houses. Willis Allen lost two thousand dol
II lars worth of property--no Insurance., h.
;Nelson lost two thousand dollars-no insur-
ance. The losses Of s. A. Smith, Jr., will foot
up three thousand dollars-no Insurance.
The goods of Mr. 8. D. Love were damaged In
removing them from his store TO the amount
-nk ana thauaand doll lars-iQsured The losses
of DR.. Staten are about one thousand and five
hundred dolfars-partly Insured. George W..
Roberts lost eight hundred dollars-no insur-
.ance. The stock of J. B. Wither was damaged
: I'm the amount of three hundred dollars-in-
snred. W. Joyce lost about one hundred dol
lars-insured. The losses Of Henry Enrich,
r. Ehrlch and B. Thomas were very light.
The fire seems to undoubtedly owe its origin
to incendlarlsn.
:. The famous tunnel connecting the Middle
rex and Surrey banks of the Thames In the two
sections of London known as Wrapping and
Rotherhithe Is to have its rival, If bill now
pending before the New York Legislature be
passed, BY tunnel to connect the cities OF
New York and Brooklyn. The bill incorpo-
rates the New York and Brooklyn Submerged
Tubular Bridge Company, and authorizes it TO
construct a tunnel, or iron tube, across the
East River large enough to contain carriage.
way, footway, and q horse railway, Tor the
movement of both passengers and ireights.
The rates OF toll which the company Is allowed
to collect are certainly very moderate: One
cent for foot passengers, three cents for cattle
and horses, six cents for horse and light
wagon: twelve cents for double wagons, eigh-
teen cents for loaded carts and drsys and
twenty-four cents for loaded double wagons.
It is provided that The grade ct the approaches
ON each side shallnot exceed five feet in the
hundred, and proVIsio::, is made by which the
company may condemn and acquire the land
necessary 10 the construction Of said ap-
proaehes.
q Appearances indicate that the Dominion
of Canada is about to be the scene Of gen.
eral "strlke" for a reduction of the hours OF
labor. No decided action has yet been taken,
but there seems to be general understand
Ing that the ssnine-hour movement" will be
pressed to an Issue before the first day OF next
simmer. The strike for nine hours ts 10 be
made merely as step toward further re-
duc,ion to eight hours hereafter. In order to
secure, or, If necessary, enforce their demands,
an extensive and powerful organization has
been formed by combination OF all the trade
societies In the Cities and towns. Of impor-
tance. It Is understood that the Intention is
to give oil employers formal notice of the
desired reduction, and such other reforms
as circumstances may require. This step
IA TO be taken in friendly and deter
mined way. so as to raise no unnecessary OBJ
stacle TO the amicable settlement Of the whole
question. But if the employers firmly refuse,
a ssgrand strike" is expected. The employers
are sensible Of the gravity of the crisis, and
have also formed league In two or three
cities to resist the workingmen's demands.
They maintain that an increase OF ten per
cent. in wages-which Is the financial phase OF
the nine.hour movement-would devour the
whole or greater part of their profits. and con-
sequently it-would, in the majority Of cases,
be simply ruinous to make the concession.
There is strong likelihood that they will hold
out to the last, and resort to desperate shifts
before coming to terms. At any rate, an in
teresting and exciting contest Is anticipated.
AT last the long expected musical Hamlet
has been given in New York, with Nilsson as
Ophelia, and the public is satished-with
Nilsson, and dissatisfied with the rest of the
opera. Judging from the different criticisms
which are unusually concurrent-Tnomass
Hamlet is by no means great work, and not
ss melodious or original as "Mignon." The
first difficulty In Mr.. Ihomass way is very
obvious one, namely, the difficulty of inter-
preting the Idea of that most exalted genius,
Shakespeare. Many there be who can sppre-
ciae his poetry and sympathize with his no.
blest sentiments, but who would dare 10 set