The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-29
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1872.
uFws OF TIE DAP.

Thursday 'AUGUSl E9' Ao'
II; - nFWs OF TIE DAP.
Msnton Marble, of the World, 1t Is SAID, ls
IN so feeble state Of health as to preclude 81
hope of his recovery.
the insanity of the Empress Chariotte Is
sald to have again assumed an acute charac
tar. The condition Of the unhappy sufferer Is
very distressing, and her death is Imminent.
The Parislan Journals are not slow 10 ex'
press opinions very decidedly adverse to the
claims OF Mr.. Stanley. The whole history
thew regard as colossal hoax. The letters
purportlng to have come from the veteran
explorers own pen they denounce as forge
hes. Livingstone himself they believe to De
dead. and on that condition only do they think
III probable that Mr. Stanley would nave
brayed detection and ventured to do Wnst ne
has done.
The Paris Patrie says that some time ago
the Prussian Government agreed 10 sell all
the French chassepots taken during the war
having need of the money and not designing
IN ma them for Its own armies-to political
ora military parsonage from South America.
The BARGAIN was concluded, and all that re-
manned to be done was some formalities, when
A. the rery moment Of delivery the Prusslan
Goyornment suddenly changed Its mird and
broke o.. the whole negotiations. At the ias
moment the Berlin Cabinet learned that in thit
affair the South American was only an Inter
iy,ediary, Acd the. the arms had been really
purchased by Russia.
IA Chinese vessel was recently wrecked
Lnaar the coast of Formosa, and slxty-four OF
the sailors, who were expert swimmers, reach
ed the rocky shore. They wandered about for
:. seven days, and then were seized by party
az cannIbals, who would have eaten them had
they not resisted with desperation excnsa6le
under the circumstances. They fed aud again
dwelt among the rocks, where the SaDfau can
:nIbals surrounded them and killed and ate all
OF them but twelve, who were lucky enough
70 get away and reach home. The Chinese
Emperor hes been memorlalIzed on the sub
sject, and says: 'sLet the sufferers be rewarded
according to the will OF the memorislist. Let
the civil and military officers make speed to
examine and punish the csnnibals, that 1t may
be seen how we cherish the people In our
BOSOM"
-kt.s large meeting OF Virginia farmers,
held recently at Richmond, committee made
areport on fertilizers, In which they called
the attention of the meeting to the frauds
practiced in the manufacture of commercial
fertilizers, both In the use OF improper aud
worthless materials and through Ignorance OF
chetaIcal combinations aud scientific prlncl-
nles. The committee believed that the srti-
iciea, now manufactured, are by far too
high In price for the manureal value they con-
tsin. They recommended the appointment OF
aicommittee by the farmers meeting to me-
morfallze the General Assembly of Virginia to
take into consideration the proprlety OF es-
tablishlng within. the State the manufacture OF
fertilizers as q new, important, sef.sustaining
industry, TO be worked by the convicts In the
panitsntisry. The report of the committee
was adopted.
1T Is officially stated that three millions
oflatters went to the dead letter office last
year, and that they contained sum exceed
ing three millions OF dollars In money, drafts,
checks, and 30 forth. Ninety-two thousand
dollars Of this was In cash. It Is estimated
that on an average every letter that goes Into
that once loses dollar to some one. Fifty-
eight thousand letters had no county or State
direction, four hundred Thousand lacked
stamps, and three thousand were posted
! without any address at all. What commen.
tary IL this on the Observation-Disclosures and
sagaries Of our population. Part OF the mis-
takes arise, no doubt, from ignorance and
! ftom weak-miDd. d persons, and a good many
nom that ments absorption characteristic
Of our intensely s,ctive people. OF the four
hundred thoussnd letters going to the dead
letter office FOR the want OF stamps a portion,
probably, were stamped and Uncle Sans im
perfect glue would not stick. Curious ro-
mances might be woven out OF the lost let
ters. The extraordinary facts thus officially
reported ought TO have the eGl:. OF making
oar people more careful 10 stamping, ad-
dressing and mailing their letters.
IA letter from the conquered City Of Metz
says that the state OF affairs there daily be-
comes more alarming. The population con-
:tlnues to diminish more and more as the
period fixed for the ''optlon" approaches It's
termination; business Is stagnant, and the
great capitalists have all gone. "All that the
official papers say" continues the correspon-
dent, .tabout the colossal development which
ia to be produced at Metz by the projected
railways and other plans are mere castles in
the air. The impoverishment of our city is a
sad reality staring us In the face. The immi-
grafton Of Germans, 1t Is true, still continues
to be pretty active, and has already added four
thousand to the population; but it must be re-
msmbered that these people, though they iii
the streets and empty houses, do not till the
purses Of men Of business. Those who come
do 30 In order to earn money, and bring moth
ing with them but the will to work. 1t Is a
sad f:ct that the government has found no
remedy for the disaster which threatens the
city, and that none of the German immigrants
have any property wc:th mentioning. Land
can now bs had here at almost nominal prices;
unfdrnished houses may be purchased for