The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-10
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1872.
NEWS OF II D4R.

NEWS OF TIE DAP.
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-ssPere Hyancinthes" are a new variety o
Parfslas swestmeats for weddings.
Tile Rev. Father Wayrlck, Of the Churcl
of the Holy Evangelist, in New York CITY, !
spoken Of as the successor Of Bishop Persico
An Indictment was found by the CRANE
,ury of Prince William County. Virginia, a
BrentsyIle, against Jewell, for the murder o
CLARK: the sedncer OF his sister. Tne erlal VIII
be postponed until the next term Oh Tut
court.
eaLAnotber letter from Pere Hyaclnthe has
anpeared concerning his marriage. 1t Is an
epitome or his former letter, written with MS
nsual temerlty, but preserving the form Of
oonrtasy. It Ia addressed to the Pope. as the
-..Blshop of Rome and the prlmate
.versal Church. tJ
The Cuban steamer Virginius, 30 long II
DURANGO at Puerto Cabello, escaped on the I'll
of September, In spite Of the Spanish war yes
sells which had been detailed to watch her
The President of Venezuela had notified The
snanish commander that If he fired on the
WrpinIuus while flying United States colors In
Venezuelan waters, he, the president, would
fire into his feet.
,I-How men.wln grow impervlous to shame
isshown by the result of the plan lately adopt
edain sLaverpooisof publishing the Of
drunkards An newspapers to deter them
frohf-th he'll vicious habits: The experiment
seemed 70 answer very well for q time, but,
sIuch is the perveraity OF human nature, peo-
Die Got, accustomed to the infection, and, so
farirom having any dread Of exposure. act.
ually seemed 10 take q pride In the notoriety
thus obtained! In fact many were to be found
far more ready to give their full names and
histories than the magistrates were to hear
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The appointment OF a French supreme
council OF war, the members named of which
are, $Nairshais McMahon and Canrobert, Gen.
eral L,Admiranlt, Duke d'Aumale, Admiral
de la Romlere, LIE Nowry and n. Ozenne, Is
announced. The council ia charged With the
organization and administration Of the army,
but not with the direction of military move.
ments. Count Won Arnim, the German Am
bassador. at Paris, has notified n. Remusat
that citizens Of France entering German ter
fitory, on and, after LIST proximo, must be pro
vldad With passports. II. Gambetta arrived
at Paris on Monday evening, .gc
Digging for diamonds In South Africa ap-
pears, from. the following account given In
an Eoglish paper, to be- .conductedin quite q
primItive fashion: .sThey2 dig mp the earth
androck 1t at random, carry it ont In sacks
and buckets, empty Il, at some suitable place,
and sort and separate 1t. After drying 1t in the
sun ttsp ulverfzed as nearly as possible with
mauls sand shovels, and shaken througha
coarse 3eYe. The pieces too large to pass
through are thrown away as rubbish, while
the remainder ID sifted again, this time ona
finer sieve. None but diamonds under q
quarter carat will tall through, 60 all these
slnings arc accordingly regarded as worth
less. That portion remaining on. the sieve is
then laid on q smooth table of zinc or sheet
iron, aud scraped into small particles with a
sorting knife, when all diamonds can be
readily detected and picked of. Diamonds of
thsiargen size are sometimes found sticking
In the screens.
1.-The people OF Texas are more excited over
the location of the State capital than over the
approaching Presidential election. The State
is certain for Greeley and Brown, and all the
inhabitants consider that they have 10 do Is to
90 through the form of expressing their pre-
ference at the polls. But the problem as to
whether or not Houston, or Austin, or Wacois
TO- be. the seat of government for the State Is
one of those open questions that stir the blood
of the eager contestants. So hot has become
the struggle that, to use q homely. proverp,
1.-The pot has called the kettle black" and
thereby added fGeito the flames. A Galveston
paper started 1t by giving as reason why
Houston should not be chosen, that It was sub
iect to yellow fever. Whereupon Houston re.
plies that Galveston isA the very home and
cradle Of that dlsagreeable disease, and not
only has, it Itself, but gives It to Its %neighbors.
And Houston says, further, that If 1t has the
yellow fever, 1t will give 1t to both Austin and
Waco, 80 1t will. 1t ~retorts, in the third place.
that will aoti have the fever any more, any
way, Just to spite Galveston, as 1t considers
The conduct of The latter city outrageous.
John T, Ford, the well known manager,
In letter TO the Baltimore American, gives
this bit Of dramatic and musical history: II
read with rare pleasure your article OF Sep
tsgher'i II, about the song of the slar-Span-
gled Banner, and l only regret the omission
of one or two important historical facts. At
an encampment On Gallows Hill, near the
Rope Walk, In this city, Just after the battle OF
North Point, and when the dread of another
attack was Imminent, there were two Young
actors named pnrang, who, with their father
andfmotheT, belonged to the dramatic comps!-
nv of this (the Holiday streetl theatre, and
who were alike clever in music and acting. A
manuscript copy of Francis 8. Keys new ma
tlonsl o was read. Ferd. Durang imme-
diataly applied himself to adapt it to music
Daring the day he discovered a suitable tune
10 q favorits air called 'Anacreon IN Heaven
he played It over and over again, sang 1t
amid enthusiastic shouts, and afterwards,
with his brother Charley, sung 1t for the first
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