The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-20
NEWS OF THE DAY.

"pubHc notices"
NEWS OF TIE DAY
Now that the elections are over some two
hundred employees have been discharged
from the Washington Navy Yard.
The silk weavers' strike at Paterson, N. j.,
is. about over, all the employers but one
having conceded the old wages to the work
men. '-z.-.'1
a genuine smallpox scare is prevalent In
East Tennessee, and .our exchanges from
Bristol and Jonesboro' are filed with accounts
OF It's ravages and the preventive measures
adopted by the local authorities.
1.-The President, last Monday, appointed
Samuel F. Philips, late assistant United States
district attorney In the Ku- -Klux trials In North
Carolina, to the office Of sollcitor-general,
lately vacated by the resignation OF Colonel
Bristow.
The Criminal Court Of Memphis has begun
on the gambling houses, and number OF pro-
prietors and players have been arrested. The
mayor. OF the city has also begn arrested for
violating the gambling laws by Issuing IL
censes to the houses.
THE .!.cldest inhabltant" in Eastern Texas
has never seen such dry season as this.
Small streams that were never known to
cease running before are now nearly dried up,
and Trinity is so low that 1t can be forded In
many places by horsemen and crossed by foot
Inen on logs and rocks.
The Presbytery of Louisville have deposed
the Rev. Gilbert b. Robertson, of that city,
from his functions as Presbyterian minister,
upon conviction before the Presbytery of the
Sins of Drunkenness, adultery and lying. The
vote stood three for suspension, aud nineteen
for deposition.
"A large meeting of cotton merchants was
held at the Savannah Cotton Exchange last
Monday afternoon to take into consideration
the transportation of freight from and to the
vsrious commercial channels, during the pre-
vslence OF the horse disease, and committees
we're appointed, consisting Of three cotton
sellers and q like number Of buyers. Also
stesmship agents and railroad superintendents
were requested to meet at the rooms of the
Chamber OF Commerce for consultation.
The advance guard Of the great army Of
female voters seems likely to get into trouble.
A.hard-hearted United States Commissioner
at Rochester has issued warrants for the arrest
Of Miss Susan B. Anthony and her fourteen
female companions, who deposl ted their bal
lots as citizens Of the United States at the late
election. The poll inspectors appear to have
been struck with momentary panic when
confronted by Miss Anthony and her intrepid
band, and seem to have suddenly forgotten
that the disputed word sperson" was, In the
Constitution, q term OF limited application.
Il remains to be seen whether Commissioner
6torrs win be able to retain his attitude Of
adamantlne severity when these fifteen
ladies' appear before him, in grim and terrible
array, In his own court.
The President has recently been arrang-
ing the points for his message, but has not yet
commenced writing 1t. Some of the contents
of the document can be Inferred from his re-
cent private utterances, and 1t Is safe to say
thatitwiIl be more liberal In Its tone, espe-
clally towards the South, than his former mes
ssges, the recent vote In that section being an
indication of 8 better feeling than heretofore
towards tho general government, while the
press~is more moderate In Its utterances, not
into account the popular majority OF
the entire country. The recent pardon Of
Appleton Oaksmith is regarded by Southern
gentlemen as ahowing them a more friendly
policy, and as foreshadowing the executive
action relative to some Of the Ku-Klux pris-
oners now serving out their sentences In the
Albany penitentiary.
The Cat Show at the Crystal Palace In
London Is generally spoken of In the news.
papers of that city. Each cat Is enclosed in q
neat wire-work cage, with plenty OF room
Tor the biggest of them. In each cage Is
cuahlon for the Inmate to repose upon. They
are we'll supplied with both meat and milk.
The number exhibited, including kittens, is
nearly four hundred. They are divided Into |
four great classes, with prizes ranging from |
two guluess to i've shilllngs, including short
haired, long-haired, and cats belonging ex-
clusively to workingmen. These are again |
divided into forty-eight classes, beginning |
With the short-hsired tortolseshell he-cat and |
going through all the varieties Of brown tab
bies, blue or silver tabbies, black and whites,
pure white and unusual colors. Among the |
interesting animals In the show is an ocelot,
OF young tiger-cat. There is o tortoiseshell |
te-cat valued by his owner at fifty pounds.
A tortolseshell he-cat short-hairsd is some
thing entirely new-cats of that marking |
being almost invariably ''shes." No. 95 Is
valued by bis owners, two maiden ladies, at
five hundred pounds. To crown all, there is
cat Weighing twenty-five pounds without his
collar.
The owners of vicious dogs and proprietors
ofloaded guns and pistols laying around loose
have hitherto enjoyed perfect immunity from
all legal pains and penalties; the former, for
their cussedness, and the latter for their GRIM
1nal carelessness. 1t is, therefore, pleasing to
note the fact that two iuries-one in New
York and one In Baltimore-have recently
been found whose heads are level as to
CANNES and loaded firearms. In New York
Ar. Gale Is the paternal parent of a little girl
and the owner of revolver. Had the two