The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-12
There was a light fall OF snow in Maine

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-Recent submarine Investigations, carried
on under the direction of the British Associa'
tiontof Science, have demonstrated the fact
that the sea Is affected by tie heat OF the sun
only to q depth of one hundred and twenty
feet. - 80, :, ~,
Political adyices from California indicate
very clearly the success Of the Liberal nckes
In that State. The nomination of Republican
candidates openly known to be In the Pacific
Railroad Interest has caused a wide deieeton
In that party, and several leading Republican
Journals and men have announced their In
n1aasiap 70 support the Liberal nominees.
way, sketches the baptized-by.dre In
fhis fashion: svThe lad who was once Prince
Imperial has grown Into Q long. lank: fellow.
with e swarthy complexion, q long, narrow,
unprepossessing face. He parts his hair IN
the middle. There are some elements OF
strength about his face. and I should not
wonder at his trying some day to claim q
throne. He grows more and more like bis
mother, but has not the slighest resemblance
to. his fasher.n
Tho Halifax correspondent Of the Boston
Globe ssys: sin the chair of moral philosophy
IN Dalhousle College, sits Professor De Mile,
OF novelistio fame. 1t seems almcst rldlcu-
Ions to think of the author of the rollicklnG
Dodge Club: the Jolly Lady of the lce,' ana
the mysterious sCryptogram,' drilling B'ltler
end metaphysics into a parcel Of college boys;
NEVERTHELESS We understand that this many
aided Professor excels In moral as well as in
tragic love-soenes."
-Butlittie over two months have elapsed
stuce. Patrick Morrissey, Of Buffalo, New York,
Killed bis m0therin aft of drunken fury, un-
I'll the day when he has been called upon to
nay the extreme penalty of the law. Not the
utmost e1srts Of his counsel we're of any avail
in inducing Governor Hoffman to grant o re-
sprioye or communication. Morrlssey remarked
that he thought undue haste had been shown
inhls case, but though much affected, he bore
upsmsnfully under, his impending doom.
He did not wish 1t understood that he ''died
gams,ns but truly q Christian, and up to his
Last hour on earth was a faithful listener to
the spiritual consultations offered by the priest
Of his choice and several Sisters OF Charity.
On the night preceding his execution, he
iBlept soundly, and ate q hearty breakfast In
the morning, AFTER which he converted with
his religious advisers, his sisters aud mother
in-law. Then he passed around the corri-
BODYBUILDING farewell to the prisoners, and
1nhap opposite. the cell of John GaHsny, also
ssntencs6 ese hanged this month, both broke
cut into sobs, and the latter was allowed to
come into the passage, when thetwo men en-
braced, kissed and separated. The scaffold
was carefully guarded from the gaze Of the
curious, there being even an. awning over the
gallows so that peoples housetops availed
them nothing. The prisoner read a brief ad-
dress, confessIng the murder, but saying 1t
was committed under the infuena&o t drink,
from which he warned all to abstain. Bis
neck was broken by the fall, and his death
was instantaneous. So 20
Tho New York World, In noticing the ar
rest. Of Forester, the alleged Nathan muir
derer, says: "Of what the evidence against
Forester consists was kept a profound secret
By. the police, but Superintendent Kelso said
freely that It was almost entirely ~clrcumstan-
tial,i but efsuch a positive nature that he was
conyineedth that II Forester was arrested his
conviction Of the murder will surely follow.
1t was conf 8esd.that the principal evidence
In the case was furnished to the police by q
man named Ellis, who was then confined In
State prison, serving ont a term of imprison-
ment for burglary. This Ellis was a COM
panion and intimate friend of Forester, and
belonged to the gangs OF thieves and cut
threats Of which Forester was the leader. He
was engaged with Forester 10 several burgla- !
ries and sneak thefts, and has been several
times convicted. 1t appears Superintendent
Jourdsn was informed that Ellis, while In State |
Prison at Sling Sing, had been overheard to
claim that he had some knowledge of the per-
petrator Of the Nathan murder, and that he
had planned With Forester to crack the crib |
some time previous to the murder, and his
tEllis's) arrest alone prevented 1t. superin-
tendent Jourdan then appeared privately be-
fore Judge Cardozo and obtained a writ of
habeaa corpus, by virtue of which Ellis was
brought to this city and immuned OF the
Franklin street police station, where an en-
deasor was made to pump him. What was
the result. of this Is unknown, but it was be-
hevea that Ellis was proof against all bribesI
ana promises, and denied all knowledge OF |
tho whole matter. At any rate Ellis was
spirited pac6 70 Sing Sing as secretly as he |
had been brought from that place. A fellow
convict was, however, set to watch him !
and rom the statements made BY him snb.
sequent to his return to Sing Sing, 1t ia pre.
sumed that the superintendent obtained some
further evidence against Forester, which
prompted him 10 prosecute the search for
him. Win renewed vigor. The principal cyl