The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-10
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Gold closed yesterday at 105al03.
In New York cotton closed quiet at z;
cents for uplands, with sales Of sosl bales.
The Liverpool cotton market closed nat
uplands ll3allsd., Orleans llsallsd.: sale'
10000 bales. o.,uo,s
.Ristori.- the celebrated tragedy actress
vbo created such furore in this country,
few wears ago, received some injuries IN
railway accident, near Perugia, Italy, on
Monday night. 1t is supposed Inat sue "as
not badly hurt, however.
Mrs. Fair, the. Ca aitornia murderees
bas;lbeen granted new trial by The su
nrssmra Court of.that State, on the ground thai
thseourt erred in not allowing counsel Tor Inc
detenceefi The closing argument, and IN permit
ting evidence to be taken OF her former oao
character for chastity.
The Philadelphia- papers report the pro
ceedings Of the senatorial investigating com
m,ttee APPOINTED to inquire Into the o.
..boksadis diplomas" From. the evidence pro-
dnced It appears that business has been Car
riedto great extent, and among others Wne
have been duped by the advertisements ano
inducements are several in the ''old coun
try;P %howers doubtless anxious to get B. A
andM, AZ or L. L. D. with as little trouble as
possible. e e - ~ -. j., ;,
The snear crop of Louisiana Is nearly all
out. grinding being about done; and never
was more Unsatisfactory coadltion OF The
cane business known In consideration OF tht
excellent prospects at one time shown, when
one hundred and tortH;;jfve thousand hogs-
heads were reported as the probable pros
pectige crop. The cane was abundant, out II
would make neither sugar nor molasses. 1t
isnaW thought one hundred and forty thou
sani TO one hundred and fifty thousand hogs
headsiwill be- the probable yield. ..s..a ~
1t is said that washerwomen 10 Washing
ton are In the habit Of persuading the: unsus-
plcfous customer that 1t requires from Six to
ten days to properly wash and iron his clothes.
The work is usually accomplished on the nrst
or Second day, and then the lady Of the wash
tnb hires out 10 others such garments as they
NAV select for a dty's or nights wearing.
This ststem of hiring is said to bs carried on
-Yary aaxianaiz2lS. and shreMd Yashs woman
can earn from five to six dollars week extra
In this way.
According to q note In the Journal ohslei'
the courts-martlal which have been trying the
Communist prisoners have now Seals WIN
eighteen thousand FIVE huadrei AMI Atty-one
OF The accused, Including those set at liberty
~itaout trial. The Temps points out that
there are still from twelve 10 fourteen thou
aand 10! confinement, and 1t regrets That tae
s ccntlnnancs Of the struggle on the financial
nnes,lon has hitherto prevented the Assembly
from deciding upon the proposal which mas
been brought forward that every person who
held no rank during the insurrection, and
who is not charged with any crime, should at
once be; be;emnestled.
-.E;Womanr preacher has created great
sensation in the Brooklyn Presoylery. Sac IS
a mlsimrober of the Society OF Friends, Is a
maiden lady, and her name is Sarah F. Smiley,
a native of Philadelphia, aged about thirty
wears. She started out as preacher about
foug-Fears ago, under the auspices OF the Soci-
ety of Friends. In 1869 She visited Great
BrI.ata-and- held meetings in the Orkney
Islands and in Scotland, where She preached
in the Presbyterian, Methodist aud Baptist
Churches. In Brooklyn she has appeared in
Dr.Cusler's, Presbyterian; DR.. Bdddington's,
Congregational: Mr.. Mere1ith's, Methodist; and
Mr.. Psntecosl's, Methodist, Churches. Her ap-
pearance has excited some doubts among the
Presbyterians as to the proprlety OF permit
ting woman to teach In their pulpits, and
hence the excitement in the Brooklyn Presoy-
terry.
The order In which The muscles lose their
power is worth knowing. The muscles which
move the arms and legs usually become re
laxed before those which maintain the body IN
an erect position. In relation to the social
senses!that OF sight is first lost-the eyelids
forming a barrier between the relina and ex.
ternal world; but independently of eyellds, Il
they had been removed by the surgeon, u.
could not be closed by disease, this is still the
first sense whose function is abolished. Some
animals, as the hare, do not shut their eyes
when asleep; aud In case Of somnambnlism,
the eyes remain open, although The sen ol
sight Is temporarily abolished, but their
acuteness is much lessened. Tase is the first
to disappear, and then smell; hearing follows
aid touch is the most persistent of the senses
So, conversely, person Is most easily awak-
ened by the sense Of touch; next In order BY
sound, and then by smell.
Mr.. Charles Reade Is In hot water again
It seems that the 'kleptomaniacs" are after
him once more, and fierce is hls wrath thereat
The chief offender this time is George Eliot
In her new serial. As becomes a gentleman
when dealing with a lady Mr.. Reads does moi
say the fair novelist ssleals," or even that she
ssconyeysn his ideas; he asserts, with sarcas,
tic moderation, that she ''oorrows" them
This exposition is piinted In Once Week,
and on first and hasty examination Mr.
Reade's case looks very strong. So many
points of similarity are cited, thet is to say,
that IL Is hard 10 believe them altogether &C
cidental. But on the other hand, the allie
CATION Is 80 intrlnsically improbable that We
could only assent TO it on overwhelming eVi
dence. "George Eliot" in the literary and
creative sense, is far more fit to be lender
than borrower, aud 1t is almost incon.
celvable that person Of her strong brain
should be guilty Of the offence attributed tc
her.
Prime Min ster Iwakura and his Japanes,