The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-22
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INEWS OF THE DAY.
3 .ianad on Saturday at 9a91
MONDAY, JANUARY %, 1872.

of Fort Sumter tame, are eApe"'oo "s
on1he ,Guerriere the last of this month.
The foreign trade Of San Francisco has IN
creased over S, ,OOo, 900 during the last year,
over 81, ,oo0, 900 being with China.
lit Is gratifying to know that oy Senator
sherman,s new tariff bill bologna sausage
and sour krout are to be admitted free OF outy.
-The Temperance party will be the first IN
the field this year, with their candleate LOT
PrssIiident. They hold their nominating con-
yention In Columbus, Ohio, February 22.
.sAmong the. modern improvements We
baue introduced into Japan Is kerosene. Its
adyanesin civilization was satisfactorily proved
bva.b,e fire at Yokohama, which burned up
touhrs hundred houses.
aGThe French ladies In different European
cappita,s are taking In hand the herculean TASK
of raising funds to pay of the indemnity to
Germany by means Of bazaars. It reminds
one. of the energetic Mrs. Partington, who
tried to keep back the waves of the ocean with
when Fisk first had reason to believe
stokes was his rival in the affections OF Mans
field, he told her Erie was going up on Ger
tainday, believing she would inform her other
lover. Fisk was right in his surmise. Stokes
purchased Erie heavily, borrowing largely.
Erie went down, and Stokes lost over sloo, ,ooo.
The Germans in New York, or many OF
them. refuse to be vaccinated, having no faith
in that remedy; :and the result Is lhat seventy
five per cent. OF the cases Of smallpox in the
city are among that class of the population.
This ought to convince the unbelieVers In the
yirtues of vaccine virus, if nothing else will
There are at present one hundred miles OF
block ice on the Hudson ten inches thick, and
ice.,mlnen state that such surface has not been
known for years. Blythe close. of this week,
five thousand men. boys and horses will be at
work at all points, and, aided by steam eleVa-
tora- iii hi,rru tha harrAst- to q elasa
The lawsuit of the period Is on trial at
K,npston. N. Y, in the suit OF Qulmoy Us.
lanes: In which widow of forty-e'g6t sues
mold man for breach of promise wnich Is
alleged to have been given while defendants
wife was still living. The widow charges Inae
he Tilted her after his wife died and weaoeo
another. Hence these tears.
london Punch contains this account OF
81 Young Positivist:" "Parson-What is
mfracles Boy-Dunno. Parson-Wei, IL Inc
ami, were to shine in the middle OF the night,
what should you say 1t wass Boy-The moon
paSrsonZBut il you were told 1t was the sun,
what should you say 1t was? Boy-A he'
Parson- don't tell lies. Suppose told you
It was the sun, what would you say then!
Bog-That yer wasn't sober !" @
A New York letter of Wednesday says:
..The suspicion that Mayor Hall had permar
nently retired from Office was disslpated by
his resumption OF duty there this afternoon.
No sooner was he seated at his desk than he
was bsset by numerous newspaper report
era anxious to obtain statement from him as
to What he has been doing during the past ten
d.ys' retirement; but as his Honor was not In
hia usual communicative mood, the gentlemen
of, the press had to 60 away no wiser than
they came"
The Massachusetts Legislature Is discuss
Ing the question OF selling the famous school
ship in which 80 many distinguished visitors
IN Boston have been invited to dine, and on
which Dickens made very handsome speech
to the boys. 1t is argued that the decline in
American shipping and other causes have pro-
duped decline in the nautical character OF
the education afforded on the ship, which Is
now little different from that which can be
lust as readily afforded on shore. Hence 1t
does not seem worth while to keep up the
show of seamanship for vicious boys.
"A New York correspondent writes: 1.-THE
continuance of fine weather is having very
favorable effect upon general business. In
some Of the leading departments OF wholesale
trade there Is an activity not always notice.
able 30 early in the season. Merchants from
Louisville, New Orleans, Galveston, and other
remote points, are here in considerable num-
hera. while Savannah and Charleston houses
ara beginning to put in an appearance. The
Cincinnati and St. Louis people are expected
along In the course of next week. On all
hands the anticipations are In favor OF an unu-
sually brisk spring trade commencing earlier
than has been the rule of late years."
-Adyices from Brazil to the 18th ult. repre-
sent that the emancipation movement is
gradually changing into genuine enthusiasm
on the part of the people, who are nberating
their slaves throughout the empire with entire
willingness and spontaneity! The bill, as 1t
stands now, does very little for those who are
now slaves; and, as the Liberals are very
anxious to obtain the supremacy, it is almost
sure that the subject will be brought up for
further legislation next session. 1t is the
opinion Of shrewd politicians that the present
law is only the frat OF series of laws that will
be annually passed until not single slave IS
left on the soil of Brazil In the meanwhile,
as II In anticipation of the slow march of legis-
lation, the owners are solving the problem by
taking the law into their own hands. The
president of the Province of Rio Grande de
Norte heads movement which has for Its OBJ.
iect the establishment ofa society fur the libe-
ration Of existing slaves, as well as for the
rearing, educating and apprenticing of the
children of slave mothers.
The benefit performance extended to Ma
tilda Heron at Nlblo's Garden, New York,
Wednesday, was not only given with a most
worthy object, but also an exceptionally in