The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-06
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

NEWS DE- TIE DAP.
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Indianapolis boasts of a leading conIrac-
tor who can neither read nor write, anu VINO
does not know one figure from another, YET
can accurately estimate the number oil orick
for a wall, or shingles tor a roof, OF given d.
msustonb, and the cost Of construction.
eIsAs aisign Of the times 1t may be stated thai
.nsl CinS,nnai Gazette, heretofore d strong
proseetionist Journal, now takes ground IN
favor Of a revenue tariff o1ly; aud explains Its
possItion by stating that any party that should
favor q protection tariff would, In q general
election, be beaten out of sight at the polls.
sit Il stated that a gentleman recently ar
rived from Paris says that the notorious jose
phine Mansfield appeared In that city come
veeksaago. She had abont. thirty-seVen thou-
sand dollars In money. This che deposited in
the banking house OF Bowles Bros. When the
fs,lur,e of that house was announced sse
wrung her hands in grief, and declared that
abe was. ruined. 1t is not probable that she
VIM recover a cent OF her money.
THE Emperor OF Germany Is reported to
have issued q decree creating twenty-five new
Prussian peers. The persons thus ennobled
hsye:been taken from the ranks of the gov
ernmnens o~cficlals, generals OF the army and
.landhelders. This crestion Of rev peers Is a
measure adopted by the Emperor In conse-
auence OF the ebstinacy Oh the Prussian House
OF Lords In refusing Its assent to the new
county reform bill, which has passed the
Lower House.
Mr.. Ruskin recently wrote the following
choice criticism of himself ~ was obliged TO
write too young, whenI knew only half-truths,
and was eager to act them forth by what 1
thoughtfne words. People used to call ne
a good writer then; now they say I can't
write at all; because, for instance, If I think
anybody's house Is on fire, I only say, Sir,
your house Is ON Hre;' whereas, formerly 1
ussdI to say, Sir, the abode In which you
probably passed the delightful days of youth
"a in a state Of inflammation and everybody
used to IKE the effect Of two p's In probably
passed, and Of the two DIS In delightful
dsys.'n
-Itis said that the officers of the sieaal
service on. Mount Washington are trying to
teach sdog TO carry the mail &c and from that
station. A correspondent of the Boston Ad-
v~ertiser suggests that this is an inappropriate
season for such instruction, there being four
or'tfve feet Of snow on the ground, but that
With adog ofgood intellect, quick perceptions,
and ordinary docility, success may be easily
secured In support of this opinion he says
there is q tradition, coming through such
worthy sources as to authorize belief, that pre-
vious to the year 1760 the mail between Ports
mouth. N. 81 /, and Wells, Me-, for seven years
was regularly carried by a dog. The mall was
carefully made up, tied to the animals neck,
and carried safely through, until at last, on
onSo OF his Journeys, the faithful creature was
Killed by the Indians.
o-The New York Journal of Commerce of
Tuesday says: yesterday the quotation COM
inittee of the New York Cotton Exchange
were presented with a boil OF cotton which
has been acknowledged by experts to be the
largest and most remarkable yet shown on
till, market. The presentation was made by
MI. French, of Messrs. Morton, Bliss & Co.
The boil has spread In q peculiar tan-Iike form,
nom q large, strong stem. 1t was grown
from Improved Dixon seed, cultivated by F..
G. q John Morehead, of Catalpa plantation,
Washington County, Mississippi. The sample
shows the Improvement by selection and cul-
tlvstion, which has taken place in four years,
from inst experiments. This boil contains
tventy-fonr seed-cells. The seed was planted
Nay u. The plant was injured by drought
and worms to some extent; but six hundred
boIlsawere, counted on. som of the stalks.
Many ofthe bolls were of the ordinary form.
The planters expect to Improve the seed so
that 1t may produce ten pounds Of lint cotton
torths stalk. The bolfis now on exhibition to
members at the Cotton Exchange" -
-Great GIssatisfaction ls manifested In Eng
land at the text OF the new commercial treaty
with France. 1t is complained that France
hss'been; granted several important oonces-
sions without any corresponding equivalent,
and that the future OF the trade with that
country Is placed entirely at the mercy of
President Theirs, who is now at liberty to
push his protectionlst crotchets 10 any ex-
IRENE he chooses. Under the Favored nation"
a1d!the. equalizing clauses, the French Gov
ernment is In q position to SUCCESSFULLY ad.
vance the duties to a prohibi,ive polut. This
result Is more especially deprecated in view
ofthe fact that the prevailing sentiment of
Freuch manufacturers and business men Is
overwhelmingly In afavor OF free trade, and
that II. Theirs has only succeeded in imposing
his1etrpgrsde notions by the threat of reslgna-
tor. which he invariably shskes ct his oppo-
nents. The time cannot be distant when
France will recover her commercial freedom,
and, then the treaty will be found to be an
obstacle to progress. The new treaty Is 'ap-
pasently, destined to render still more unpop-
.ulartho Gladstone ministry, which Is already
smartpg under the results Of the Alabama
and Ran Juan questions.
The Ban Francisco Chronicle has a much
fuller report of the attendant circumstances Of
Hfs. Fairs lecture, that didn't come of, than
would,have appeared had that well.advertised
character given her views fully upon EVOLVES
ID the Fold" Her name seemed sufficient to