The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-24
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Pork. The New Jersey Legislature recent!
granted a charter to o company authorizing !
to construct q three-fooJ track from Jerse!
City to Sufferus, q point about thirty mile
west. on the Erie Road The franchise Is II
the hands of gentlemen Of enterprise ant
capital, and, as the new route runs through
thickly-settled and desirable section, where
passenger travel will be very considerable
there is q prospect that the experiment VIII
be fairly tested under favorable circumstances
The North German Gazette, while 1t re-
meats is denial Of the alarming statements
lately published In London In regard to Inc
relations between France and Germany, yet
adds that an unpleasant feeling had been
caused throughout the Empire by the speechoi
H.ThIersat the time Of the adjournment OF the
Assembly. 1t speaks also ofThe character OF
lie French war budget, and intlmates that It
suggests caution on the part of Germany, and
concludes, that If the relations between tne
two countries were more favorable the occu'
patton of French territory by German troops
would not be so prolonged.
The Minister OF Public Worship has given
formal notice to the Bishop Of Ermeland that,
az sentences Of accommodation against Ger
man subjects clash with the civil law, eno al
feet unfayorably the social status, therefore
the consent of the government must be OBJ
talned before such sentences are pronounced
The minister insists on obedience to the Laws
"a a duty incumbent on all, and lntimates that
failure in that duty or the part of the bishop
win lead to the withdrawal by the government
of its official recognition of his ecclesiastical
tnnciions. The Bishop of Ermeland answers
apologeiically, affirming that civil honor Is IN
no1way affected by accumulation.
The State of Virginia has thousands OF
acres Of land which have gone untaxed since
1865 because the assessors could ind no
owner; and, strange to say, no Claimant. Inc
registrar of the land Office Is now selling
these farms, giving tax titles therefor, but
With q provision entirely invalidattng them
II. the real owner turns up within q reasona-
BILE number OF years. OF course the buyers
rnn considerable risk, but, on the other hand,
the land Is sold for one dollar an acre. Last
year twenty thousand acres were thus dis
posed of, and It said that only one owner has
appeared for any part Of the land go obtain
ed, and that his property contained less than
one hundred. and fifty acres.
THE movement OF the st. Louis bar In
favor Of wearing black elk gowns IN court
meets with favor In other parts Oft coun-
try. The Law Journal says: I'VE do not ad-
Yocate q return Of the costume Of English
Judges and barrlsters of the middle ages-to
wigs, coils, caps, bands and collars, or even
to green, red, blue or purple bags, for these,
particularly all but the bags, would not be.
come q digpiaed and learned profession in a
scientific and intellectual period. But exten-
sive use Of the robe and the gown we believe,
would add lustre, distinction and gravity to
the bench and the bar, and would be an In
centiye to all wearers of these professional
insignia to render themselves worthy of the
distinction.
-Mlss Grundy, the newspaper correspou-
dent, photographs Mrs. Mason as she appeared
In the committeeman at Washington with all
the nicely of detail that women are so fond Of
displaying towards each other. The commit
tee-men were all smoking, which was both un-
gallant n pernicious, and Mrs. Mason was
the target for smoke and questions both. She
stood it-like q man-in a black silk suit
f, trimmed with feather, o pretty white frill
around her throat, a pale pink rose In her
hair, and crimps and curls in protuslon. Such
q costume would naturally inspire for;itude
and good nature; but she lost her temper just
once, and replied so tartly that the questloner
suddenly went out to take spiritual refresh
ment, and disturbed her equanimity no more
He black eyes actually struck fire, but 1t wa
over in a second, and the plumage remaiLe 90
i. unrufied to the close.
Hon. VIM. McDougal, in a recent lecture
at Hamilton, Canada, upon the relations be
tween Great Britain and Canada, said tina
after consultation with high parties IL
England, he had been forced to the conclusion
that the policy was not to abandon the Colo
MES, nor to act so as to drive them away Iron
their allegiance, but to prepare them TO
maintaining their " position by means o.
their W right hands, and make them conscl
GUS that / fattack was levelled sga!nst them the.
must depend mainly, If not altogether, upo!
their W resources to resist it-failing il
which, they must be prepared to accept tn
consequences, whatever they might be, which
followed invasion and conquest. Speaking TO
himself, and speaking freely, frankly ant
truthfully, he was Of the opinion that ''th'
union of these provinces was the p%reliminar!
for the establishment Of a regular sys
tenn. of government in British America whtcl
wouldena us, when the moment arrived
when necessity pressed upon us-to maintain
separate and Independent existence among
the nations Of the earth"
The strike Of. the Warwickshire agrlcul
tural laborers seems to have had reason tor 1t
If they are no better of than their Essex bro