The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-09
NEWS OF THE DAY.

burg Ia contemplated until the Senate shall be
in session to confirm 1t.
The government has taken no recent &C
ton under the Ku-Klnx law, no complains
which would authorize it having been re-
csived. .-a1a 4 ~
There are now ninety cadet midsnlpmen
at The Naval Academy from the June ana sep
rember examinations, including one japanese
and one icolored boy. 80 po.rs
Minister Nelson has lately informed Tue
department Of State that there is a prospect
Of the Mexican Government soon appointing
q commissioner In order that the business DE-
fore the United States and Mexican Clalma
Commission mayfb be resumed. a;a'i 49, -.
LTD Ia fumored that at the meeting Of the
Baptist. association, which is to take place 10
a few days, on Tong Island, the Rev. s. j
Hyatt Smith and George 8. Pentecost, o.
Brooklyn. will be put on trial for radicalism
on the subject of open communion. Smiths
views. have cansed o great deal of interest
among Bsptists. u
ef-Madame Pauline Luccs on Friday called
nm the Indian chiefs who are now at the
Grand Central Hotel, the Indians returning
the vintinEthe evening" AL: the chiefs but
one were very affable with the little woman,
but she; woman like, set herself at once to
The tssk Of acquiring the good will Of this one,
In which. she was successful. Medicine Bear
and Black Eye each gave her a claw OF a
grizzly bear as memorials of her visit. s.. 81
Gitisnot anticipated In official circles that
the aaardimade BY the Geneva tribunal will
be paid before the expiration of twelve months
from the time of Its announcement, this
being the treaty limit. The money will be
paid to, the department of State, and as there
Is now no law concerning the disposal of It,
legislation by Congress becomes necessary
for that purpose. The only official informa-
ton concerning the San Juan arbitration Is
that q declsiou would be made early this
month. ta
"A dispatch from Governor Mccormick,
Arizona Territory, says the attack OF Colonel
.MHs6n on Clo hpuoho Moharoo 70 tho most i'm
portsnt blow ever dealt to hostile Indians In
that Territory. 1t Is now known that most
Of the murders aud robberies are to be
charged to them, and that at, least two Of the
killed participated In the massacre OF the Lo-i
ring party. A number Of those who lately
left Dale Creek reservation we're found among
the claim. The attack on the hostile Indians
was made by three companies of cavalry and
friendly Indians In the mountains. Forty In
dams were killed and many wounded and
captured - = :.
AT Bayonne, New Jersey, on Friday morn-
Ing, an explosion of nltro-glycerine occurred
on the Central Railroad, where some caboose
laborers had been at work track-bullding. The
giycerlne was applied for an experimental
blast. The quarrymen were ensconced be.
hind boulders. After the blast. Patrick Nc
Flynn, who was not more than forty feet dis.
tant, was found horribly mangled, with his
rightarm torn off by a piece oil rock. Another
laborer, struck In the bowels, Is In q dying
condition; sand another lifted into the air Is
dangerously hurt. A residence two hundred
feet defiant, had lts roof crushed through by q
boulder Weighing one thousand pounds.
,3-4By advicss from Calcutta we are Informed
that Russian troops were advancing on Khlva
aud Kandar on the 9th of August, and that
the soldiers of the Gear had previously occu-
pied Urgent and RACED 1t 10 the ground.
There are two towns named Urgent In the do
mipIon, of the Kahn of Khiva. One Ia situated
on the banks Of q canal near the Oxus; the
other some miles northwest. of. Khiva. The
frat enjoyed great commercial Importance at
one period, and is, no doubt, the objective
point of the present march of the soldiers of
the northern Emperor. The movement is of
very great importance. Russia wishes, 1t may
be, to seize the great Eastern hive Of manu-
facture for silk, cotton and yarn, and thus be-
come, to q very great extent, Independent OF
the looms OF France and England, besides OBJ.
tanning q" good strategic foothold for her
armies In the event Of a war clash with the
power of Britain in the East.
The Escurial, after all, will not take Its
place among the notable ruins of Europe. The
huge structure still stands, only two towers
and q portion Of the roofing having been de-
stroyed, and the whole damage being includ-
ed In the pitifully small amount of 5000, 900
reals. Amadeus may repair 1t from his prlvy
purser and not feel the expense. But the most
gratifying consideration is the safety of the
works Of art stored within Its massive stone
walls. The Murallos, the V~elasquezes, the
Rspasels, the treasures of canvas and marble |
and bronze and plate that form one of the !
most noted galleries of Europe have been un.
touched by the flames, and still remain the
greatest riches Of the Spanish Kingdom. Their
loss would Impoverish the world of art, and
1t is with a sense of personal relief from |
impending disaster that lovers Of the beauti- |
full, the world over, will learn that the 1re
stayed before 1t destroyed these relics.
The building itself, representing the labor of
more than q score of years, could be better
spared and more easily replaced than these
unique productions of q genius now forever
gone; and II the cold stones Of the Escurlal
are likely to attract fire In this alarming man
uer very often, 1t would be q matter of prn.
dence with the frea-handed young King to
effect at least 8 partial Insurance upon the
perishaele treasures. For their money value
would pay of Spaln's entire debt and leave
q good working capital over.
"A spirltualistlc seance was held in New
York a few days ago over the body of the late
Uwner Of the celebrated trotter, Ethan Allen
sporting gentleman who departed this life
on Wednesday last aud was buried Oh Friday.