The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-07

indictment i tor perjury and conspiracy.
Bret Hsrte Is said to be an attractive ana
picturesque talker, though not remarkable In
aplpse.arance, his face bearing no evidence OF
tie fnnerhre Of genius. He is not fanatcal
ir sond1ew for labor.
LIT reG1ires more delicacy OF touch, q bel
ter acuuiuaintance with the inner emotions OF
tina heart, and grander psthos OF sentiment
toc5ymake declaration of love than it does to
Pot up astoye.
t..Wodrse and worse! We recorded the
other day That the Herald called the horse DIS
esss Tue ssHlpporhinorrhea." That was bad
enoueh. but now here comes the Courier des
Btats Unis and says it is "L'Epilaryngorrhip-
podemic.. After this, what?
The Chinese Government has given orders
that III the forms Of the religion of Confuc.us
shall be rlgidly enforced among the studen's
recently sent to this country, and that the four
books Of the i've kings, and the sacred edict
Of Emperor Kanghi shall form parts OF their
regular lessons.
1t Is reported that the Western Union
Telegraph Company have applied TOR an In
junction restraining the working of all oppo-
sItlon lines In the. United States, claiming that
Incorporation Of snch lines under the present
system q, violation Of the Page patent and I'M
nroyemants, which claim to be used IN the
NorDe system.
--AssI, tho French Communist, while on MS
way TO the convict station, TO which he had
been condemned, jumped overheard from Inc
transport, near the Cape Of Good Hope, and
trIedto swim ashore. He was fired upon and
captnred, with broken arm added TO hls
miseries, and the prospect Of an addition 70
his sentence for his pains
The Rome correspondent of the London
Times says that the Pope is approaching the
! close OF his earthly career. 80 patent Is this
TACT, that foreign ministers have long since
begun toisend daily bulletins concerning his
heath TO- their respective governments. His
bfothers recent death has made great I'm
preston on his mind, and the spirit that once
hsld and strengthened the decaying frame,
Il no longer there. His physical weakness,
Gays the correspondent, is shown In the bent
shoulders, the dropping head, the feeble gait
and above all, in the falling memory OF the
good old man.
LII is said that formal notice of the con-
test Tor governor in North Carolina has not
vet been given, and as the Legislature con-
yenes On the 18th instant, unless given be-
fare that ime, Caldwell, Republican, will
hka his scat. The Democratic majority In
the Lsgislature on joint ballot is twenty-four.
Ths excitement OF the next session centres on
the election Of United States senator to sue
oeedYthe Hon. John Pool. The prominent
candidates are Ex-Governor zebulon Vance,
Judge Herrimon, the defeated candidate for
governor, ex-senator Clingman, General D.
M.!Barringer, and others. The Republicans,
It b thought, VIII support General Barringer.
An event Of great Importance In China is
the marriage of the Hoang-ti, or Emperor,
which has Just been celebrated. This Is
aotaoleshowever, only as marking the attain
msnt OF his majority by the young ruler, who
Low succeeds; To the throne apd begins his
sStnA rslgn. During bis lifetime the Empe-
rorot China Is not known by his real name,
but his reign Is called by some poetic title
supposed to characterize that period Of Its
history. Now that the Emperor Is to be in
vested with supreme authority, many ques-
tions relating to foreign Intercourse, kept Ia
absyanc@ during the regency, viii be brought
forward, and the discussion of these will at
onas become interesting to Us.
.-Justin Mccarthy writes TO the New York
Hail that some time ago the Countess of
Shaltsbury, who has just died and who was q
very benevolent woman, read considerable
about the hard lives Of the ballet girls and felt
a longing to improve their condition. She re-
solved to. have friendly gathering of ballet
girls at her own house and talk the matter
over. Accordingly she commissioned q gen.
tleman to have Invitations conveyed in her
name to number Of representative cory
phees for an early tea at her house. The gen.
tleman was amazed, but executed his commits
sion. The countess had neat little tea pre-
pared with currant buns and marmalade, and
all that sort Of thing, for the fair girls with the
few shilling-a-week wages, whom she expect
ed to see In cotton gloves and shabby gar
ments. Alas, the ladies drove up to the door
in we'll appointed broughams, dressed in trail
Ing silks, 1utterlng their lace kerchiefs and
flashing their diamonds CONSERVATION
tableau-utter breakdown of the whols ohari-
liable scheme 1t 10 said that the poor coun-
tess never could understand how such pay
could support such fHery.
1t seems that the age Of discovery is not
YET past, taongh as far as known new inves-
uganons nave to be confined to those regions
where nature has thrown up strong barriers
against the enterprise of man. Valuable
tidings from the Polar expeditions have been
made pnhlic by Dr. Augustus Petermann, OF
Gotha. he represents that Captain Nils
johnson, Of Norway, while on fishing cruise,