The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-15
NEWS. OF THE DAY.

The White Hat-the White Coat-the Whit
House.
Gold closed active and strong yesterda.
at 14al4t
Tho New York cotton market closed quiet
uplands 23E cents; sales 626 bales.
In Liverpool cotton closed strong; uplano
lid, Orleans llld; sales IL, 600 bales.
1T Is said that three out of every seven ma
tives Of Vermont emigrate to other States.
1T is asserted that In Boston, no house
valued at $4,000 has been totally destroyed o1
fire for forty.eighL years. ,e.''
The Hllisboro' IN. CO. Recorder claims te
have first brought out Horace Greeley lol
President this year, and It's claim Is endorsed
by the Richmond (va.) Dispatch.
Where is no mistake about it," says the
New YORK Herald, editorlaly, "the majority
ofour exchanges, Democratic and otherwise
90 for Greeley and Brown"
General sheridan ls to be decorated with
the order of the White Eagle by the Czar, iol
teaching the young idea Alexis how 10 shoe
buffalo.
The New York World now wants the
Democratic Convention to nominate ex-Sena
tor Hendricks, of Indiana, for President, VIII
Judge Church, of New York, for Vlce-Presl'
dent.
A recent report shows that during the
Franco.P .Prusslan war, the number OF the Ger.
man army at one Time reached 1850, ,7s1 men.
of whom 1885, ,sl5 were actively engaged In the
field.
The authorities of Lawrence, Mass, have
lately passed an ordinance permitting persons
charged before the police courts with slight
offences to hsvL their names suppressed on
payment of one dollar for the benefit of desLi.
tute and deserving pcrsons.
The st. Louls Republican says: "lf the
Baltimore Convention is to nominate some
tody in opposition to Greeley 1t ought TO nomi-
mite Grant. The President is the representa-
tive of nlne-tenths of the opposition to Gree
ley, aud ought, by all fairness, to be its
nominee.
Tho prelimlnarles fos the prize fight for
the championship of the world, between Jem
Mace and Ned O'Baldwin, have been finally ar
ranged. They will fight in Virginia on the
18th OF July for one thousand dollars side.
The money has all been transferred to the
stakeholder. ,s-s
The Hon. d. Cation, for msny years chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, Illinois, and
leading Democrat, has written an elaborate
latter upon the political situation, in which
he gives unqualified support to the Cincinnati
nominations, and maintains that the Demo-
craIic party should make no separate nomlna-
lions. .,.f
The Danyllle (ya.) Times says: Is few
years ago, If any one had told us We ought to
vote lor Greeley, we should have felt insulted.
Now, we shall vote for him with great deai
OF satisfaction, as long as the prospect of his
beating Grant Is the least encouraging. The
times change, and we change with them"
1t is said that, whenever an applicant for
situation as brakeman appears at the office OF
the Michigan Central Railroad, an official
shouts up through the speaking tube d
makes the inquiry: "Any switchman killed
lateiy,p It has strange effect. The appli
cant suddenly concludes that he is not entirely
fitted for the situation, and silently retires.
Thomas Buchanan Read, the poet, died In
New York ON Sunday, after painful illness Of
pleuro-pneumonia, contracted on recent
voyage from Europe. Mr.. Read commenced
his career as painter, but afterwards devo-
ted himself to literary pursuits. Bis best
known performance In rhyme Is "Sheridan's
Ride." He was citizen OF Cincinnati, and at
his death was about fifty years of age.
-President Grants newspapers profess to
smile at the 'sludicrous" nomination Of Mr..
Greeley. The same sort of thing happened to
agentleman connected with the society upon
the Stanislsus when chunk Of old red sand
stone struck him
.Rs smiled sort Of sickly smile, and curled mp
on the noor.
And the subsequent proceedings interested him
no more"
There are at present upward y. twenty
mills in this country exclusively operated In the
manufacture of oil from cotton seed, and over
one hundred and fifty thous md tons of seed
are used annually. The ole ike is sent largely
to England, where it Is used as food for cattle.
The oil goes mostly 20 Bordeaux, Barcelona
and other olive-growlng sections OF Europe,
from whence, after "doctoring," it comes
back as "pure olive OIL"
The street car tracks In London differ
from those used In this country, and OBJ;
some of the objections experienced here.
The track is fat strip of iron. with groove
for the fsnge to run in. This is not sunk, buI
is exactly level with the surface of the pave
ment, thus afordlng no obstacles to teams
crossing the track. The cars are also differ
ly constructed, and have seats constructed
outside as well as Inside.
The Cincinnati Enquirer "hopes the COM
Ing National Democratic Convention will not
adopt the famous two-third rule for the nomi.
nation Of President and Vlce-President which
has heretofore been enforced in conventions.
The rule was maintained (says the Enquirer)
by the South, because they Imagined that
there was check In 1t against sectional ag-
gresslon from the North, which had msiorI-
" of votes. Slavery having passed away,
there can be no reasons for Its further contin-
uauce."
One of the most surprising incidents Of
modern church history is the rapidity with
which Protestant Sisterhoods have multiplied
In England. About forty of these institutions
are now established there under variety Of
names, some wholly scrlptural, as the Sisters
Of st. John, st. Peter, or of the Good samari-