The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-09
Tbe GbafleStp1l 4emS,
TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAP.

for the whole country, over one h110ed MIL
lions is payable In thsteHy. A.
On June l6, says the correspondent OF the
London Echo, magnificent We Deum" was
suup at st. Peters tor. the occurrence Of the
Pope's twenty:slxth anniversary. Between
eight and nine Thousand persons assembled
and ioined In the solemn hymn with deep de-
yotion. At 1--WE therefore pray Thee help
Thy servants all, according TO custom, here
knelt down in supplicatioD. Aonsignor de
Nerode ofaciated, looking grand, and even
handsome, In his jewe!led mltre: The Pope
WAS present behind some mysterious screen.
Nobody knows exactly where his Holiness sta:
tions himself on these occasions, but present
he IL Swiss Guards were Reen through the
windows over the veslibule, which command
the interior of the church. The whole city
was unusually lively that evening, for the ''Te
Deumn was sung also In several large churches
on this side Of the river. The streets were
full of people, and If ladies chose to wear yel.
low and white (the Pope's coiors) from head
to foot they seem to do 90 with impuniiy.
Onlv the guns were wanting to complete the
Pspel festival. The Italian aag was hoisted at
Saint Angelo, and the Italian police regulated
tho long files Of carriages from the bridge to
the piazza of St. Peters.
On June II the new executioner of France,
Ii. de Paris, made bis debut In front OF La
Rouuette, and With the aid of the improved
puinotine, invented by the late headsman
shortly before he died, Topped of the head OF
a desperate criminal who murdered a woman
few months ago. The improved machine Is
not raised like the old guNlotine. and conse-
quently it is almost impossible for spectators
to get glimpse of what passes. 1t can be
taken TO pieces and packed up with great ease,
and Is. altogether hano. instrument. N. de
Paris travels about the country with, 1t In
large van, which comprises bedroom,
kitchen, and cupboard for ''les bois de JUS
tice,n aud the requisite sawdust. This van
was found necessary when the country exc.
cationers were done away with, and the office
was concentrated In the hands of NJ. de Paris,
who often found itdlfieult 10 procure bed and
lodging In the places he visited. On June 20
Monsieur was to have operated on man
called Dore, who had hand In killing ser
peant de vile under most strocious circum-
stances, but at the last moment an accomplice,
condemned to death by default, was appre-
bended, and Dore and two men called Mayer,
all under sentence of death, will appear as
witnesses on the trial of the newly-captnred
culprit. - - =.-
The Pail Mall Gazette says: "The Univer-
sity of Zurich has, as is we'll known, led the
wayi in the attempt to solve the problem OF
female university education. From letter
printed in the National Gazette from Zurich,
we observe that at present, out of some four
hundred students at the >nniversity, there are
eighty ladies in attendance, most of them stu
dents of medlcine.asA large proportion of
these students belong to Russia where the
movement in favor of female education has
taken very distinct shape, though they have
not been able yet to establish medical col
lege of their own. 1t would seem from the
remarks of the writer OF the letter that the
lady students are hardly much more In favor
with their MASCULINE companions at Zurich
than they have been at the University of Edin.
burgh, although there have been none OF the
discreditable scenes at the former by which
the latter has made Itself notorious. The pro-
fessdrs also are good deal puzzled sometimes
how to proceed, and some of them do not hesi-
tate to speak openly in condemnation and dis
couragement OF the lady medical students
remarks which are sure to be applauded by
the chivalrous males. So that, although Zu-
rich has practically solved the problem of
female university education 80 far, it would
appear that the subject has introduced there,
as well as In Edinburgh, not little dlscord,
with also considerable perplexity and dissatis-
faction"
The London Telegraph tells the story of
the international boat race with some pardon.
able pride, but yet very fairly from the begin
ming to the close. The London crew, with
some little anxiety, but yet confident, drew
up In their shell Clasper at the station, and
were soon Joined by the AtalaHtas, and, with
the widest excitement on shere.. the race
began. Both boats pulled on actively
together, though the London crew, in three
powerful strokes, had taken the lead, and
were apparently widening their advantage.
The leading boat went under the bridge in
four minutes and twenty seconds, and the
American boat followed five seconds later
The American rate Of rowing was about
forty strokes to the minute, but the Eng
lish crew, with only thlrty-eight strokes. kept
widening the distance between them, anG the
same imperfections iu the rowing Of the for
mer that had been noticed In practice were
painfully prominent. The course was tolera-
lily free from distractions, but In the expanse
between Hammersmlth and Putney the Ameri-
can oars came in contact with a clumsy coble
having halt dozen men and women on
board, and before the entanglement could be
remedied number of lengths had been gained
blythe unimpeded crew. Winning was now
easy for the Euglishmeh, and they came up to
the stake two huRdred yards ahead, proving,
according to British deductions, how much
more effective the style of rowing practiced
blythe winning crew was.
Somebody describing Greeley's appearance
at the Boston Jubilee writes: He wss dressed
In his black alpaca coat, his claw-hammer
having disgusted him early in the day with Its
uncomfortable weight, and wore modified
Dolly Warden vest. His necktle showed lit
tie unreasonable ambition to climb into bis
LEFT ear, but otherwise he was faultlessly ar.
tayed. He carried his bouquet In one hand