The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-22
Tbe WbafleStn1t Nems,
MONDAY, JULY %, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.


The German Government prohibits the
sale of books on women's rights.
:. The wool clip of Texas this year is e1'
pected to be by far the heaviest in both quan'
tity and quality ever produced In that State.
1t is authentically stated that Mile Mills
sons marriage will take place in London on
the 2sth of July.
-Miss Matilda Phillips, young sister OF
Miss Adelaide, the well.kuown American con-
tralto singer, was to have made her debut In
opera at Milan, Europe, on the 22d OF June.
The new postal cards will be three inches
Wide and five and one-tourth Inches long, the
stamp and lines to be engraved on them In
variety Of colors.
An appeal, signed by Susan B. Anthony,
president, and Matilda Jocylin Gage, secretary
of the executive committee of the Women
Suffrage Association, takes strong ground for
the Grant platform.
The sale of the Empress Eugenie's Jew
els in London netted f50,0Oo. Among the
prices paid for single articles were fl66O for
watch, ssl5o for pair of brooches, f3525 for
another brooch, s2625 for tiara, and f3255
for pair of earrings.
Ned O'Baldwin and Jem Mace are matched
to aght for $1,000 side and personal satisfac-
ton. The contest is to take place on the 18th
of August. Both men have been In active
training for several weeks, and both are re-
ported in excellent condition. Mace Is ut the
Belmont Hotel, near the Jerome Park race
course, and O'Baldwin Is In Jew Jersey. II
the fight takes place 1t will be, it Is said, one
of the hardest on record, as both of the men
are inspired by a personal animoslty, conse-
quent upon jealousy.
The Importance of the press in great po-
lltical canvass cannot be over-estlmated, and,
as journal after journal put up as editorial
inspiration the names Of Greeley and Brown,
there can be no more gratifying earnest OF
success. The World, with the independence
that has characterized its criticisms, says 1t
has stated fully the disadvantages of making
Mr.. Greeley the nominee Of the Democracy,
and now proposes to give some Of the alVan-
tages, for the arguments are not all on one
side. His nomination. being accepted by the
whole party, proclaims emancipation in such
manner as to silence doubts and render caVil
ridiculous. The great Liberalizing movement
is fully accomplished before the campaign is
fairly opened. The Detroit Free Press, which
has been q Bourbon OF the Bourbons, has
swung fairly upon the Greeley and Brown
platform before the reslstless sweep Of the
Reform movement, though the acceptance OF
the situation divides the Journals manage
ment. In Columbus, Ohio, concurrent call
BY the chairmen of the Democratic and Lioe-
raj State committees for mass meeting to
ratify the actions of Cincinnati and Baltimore
promises to bring out the largest assemblage
OF people that has been seen for years, and
will give the ticket an unshakable loothold.
While the Liberal clans are gathering to or
ganIze for victory, Grant and his henchmen
are struggling with the dlsaffected at home,
trying to mould over the semttreason OF For
ney into unquestionable loyalty, and patch up
ticket for Pennsylvania that shall promise
fewer disasters for Radicals In October and
November than the one their banner now
aies over.
-On Friday last, at Hendersonville, North
Carolina, Columbus and GoVan Adair, the
notorious murderers of the Weston family,
suffered the extreme penalty of the law for
their horrible crime. Over FIVE thousand per-
sons were present. The mother OF the prison.
ers arranged their dress preparatory to the
execution, which took place In public. cor
respondent says: "The Adalrs were calm and
self-possesssd, and had evidently prepared
themselves for cool exit into eternity. They
were scrupulously dressed, and, alth ough
ghsstly pale, stepped boldly on the gallows
and coolly seated themselves, gazing with the
utmost indifference around them. Columbus
then rose, and, In a loud and firm voice, spoke
as follows: It feel 1t my duty to address you
briefly Lam to be hung to-day for crime
which, as God ls my witness, never COM
mltted. have been denounced as a bold,
bad man, dishonest and untruthlul, and have
been cruelty slandered. The charges are
false. have striven all my lite to do what
is right, apd avoided the wrong. Balm
ard, who with us was condemned to die, when
he confesses his guilt and involves qs, our
gray-haired father and boy brothers, has ut
tered black and Infamous lie to save his own
life. must die. 'Tis unjust and unholy to
hang me when am innocent. Probably you
have come to see murderer die and confess
his guilt, but you will be disappointed. Ishall
die with clean skirts. No man need think
that I will confess to the commission of
crime OF which am as guiltless as you. And
now farewell, my trust is In the Lord Jesus.
It is now all In His hands, Govan Adair fol-
lowed bis brother in short and pithy ad-
dress. He said 1t had been charged they had
no friends, but that as proof of its falsity few
men had as many spectators at their death
bed as they had around theirs. They then
that their collins, which were
placed at the foot of the scaffold, should be
opened. After quietly surveying them they
to the sheriff their readiness to
die. The death caps were adjusted, and in
few moments they we're launched into
eternity"
Dan Voorhees,, the great Indiana Democrat,
who, 1t will bs remembered, was the most
bitter and incorporating Of all the oppo-
nents of Greeley after his nomination at Gin
cinnati, In the course of speech to his con-
stituents last week, said: 'When I recall and
dwell upon these appalling crimes against
liberty and against common rights Of human
Ity, can't wonder at the strong and bitter cry