The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-15

Lon Saturday, also Lord Mayors day, the
birthday Of the Prince of Wales was celebrated
fu-Ipuion. The day was ushered IN Win
chimes of bells and firing of national salutes.
All business was suspended at the stock ex'
change and other public places, and extensive
displays Of: fireworks, Nominations and bon
area took place In the evening.
-faaSDarHin has been snubbed by the French
Academy, which has rejected his application
for sdnils !on by q large majority. The rea'
fp6nBs Tor his rejection were solely scientific
n. NIruue said: s'The author of the Origin ol
Species and the Descent Of Man has too far
sacrificed science to renown, reason and imag.
instion to deserve place In the front rank OF
sclenttsts. He has fallen too olow-especially 10
his Last Work-has too mnch belittled himself
MOTTO be made to explate It." sssa,
za-:The Manchester Guardian says that a very
innnY illuaraiion Of. .thel danger of exciting
;Inerican suscsptibllities has occurred at Car
aln;. ssColonel"s Davies, the United States
consul at that port, is also the owner OF an
estate near the town, aud on Thursday he ap-
peSted IN the County Court as defendant In an
actionsfor assault. The plaintiff was an old
farmer who had been excluded BY the Colonel
from q path which he claimed to have the
right to u,e. The Colonel's defence was that
the old man had used 'sdlsrespectiul language
to tile representative Of forty millions OF peo-
ple;.. and he. furthermore informed the court
that he had struck for freedom 'sbeneath that
broad and beautiful flsg," the Stars and
2tFipes- The judge Of the County Court seems
to have been 30 much affected BY the magni-
ncent figure which the defendant made that
he was unable to give judgment at once.
-Bil Arp closes his salutatory upon taking
charge of the Rome, Georgia, Commercial In
this way: "We are going to run peacable
smsehine-.very peacable. The great intrusts
{ Of Cur rcountry-commerce and trade, pig iron
ana pork, cotton and corn, the fair and the
fair sex, akslden.s, buglaries, sircusses, and
little siandsr throwed In occasionally as sea-
I soufn. Gentel reader, dost thou love slander
and skandal. and duels and snake-bltes and
sich like {, Dost thou sometimes glory In hu-
man miseryi II yea, we will feed You on
some sweet morseis. Art thou sick, or
diseased, or hipshotten, or bellowsed, or
collpky Look over our patent medicines
and pay your money and take your choice.
WaIhtend to caper and cater for the publik.
Inepnblik Ia 8 menagery, and the different
beasts must be fed on different food. Our Bill
Of fare Is before you. Hyou like 1t, board with
nsand pay a. you go, and when you get tlered
quit .ts5 ~
The London Lancet states Zurich Univer-
atty, Is peculiar in permitting and encouraging
fhe attendance of lady students. The number
Of the male students in 1872 is l54, of female,
81. No Inconvenience is experienced In their
Di1t attendsncs on the various classes and
demonstrations. The authorities having been
applied to In the year 1870 by the medical
faculty Of Wurtzburg as to ''whether any I'M.
s pleasantneH mad srleen from women together
With male students attending certain lectures
aad2 demonstrations necessarily of an embar-
rsssing, nature to the dencacy OF women"
replied as; follows: "With reference to this
question, the medical faculty OF the University
OF Zurich find that the presence Of lady stu
dents In the theoretical and practical course
has given rise to no disturbance whatever.
: Tho lectures and demonstrations are given
without any regard to the ladies' present, and
theranstomlcal practice and clinical demon
ssrati0ns are gone through as thoroughly as
when In presence ofa male audience only.
-Engene Lsgrsve, the swindler and conA-
dence man who recently arrived in New York
from France, where he was arrested by an
American detective as fugitive from .jus.
tice, is one Of the most accomplished rogues
in his peculiar liHe on record. He is charged
with swindllng leading dry goods firms of
New York to the amount of six hundred thou.
sand dollars. For one year he operated at
the expense OF these firms without exciting
their suspicion, and was thus enabled to amass
the vast amount mentioned, or Its value In
goods. Lagrave has been twice married to re.
spectacle young women In New York, and both
his wives obtained divorces from him. When,
few months ago, Lagrave's business crimes
were discovered, he fed to Canada, and thence
toEurope, where he took up his residence at
Bagneres, In South France, where he was
finally arrested by the detective who was sent
In pursuit of him. He WIS accompanied In his
atRht by q woman, the wife of rich LAWYER
Of New York.. This woman was originally an
adopted daughter efthe famous opera singer,
Nme. Lagrange, aud was, before marriage, a
pianist In travelling concert company.
When Lagrave was arrested this woman re-
naiued In France. Lsgrave is not more than
thirty-three years old, and is described as
person of decent, although dissipated. ap-
pearanee, who dresses In the height OF
fashion, With brown velvet coat, and with
what might be called q jaunty air. He is
nowain jail In default OF forty thousand dol.
lars ball.
Carefully gathered statistics recently pub
Nshed dconserning the religious accommoda-
tons Afforded In the fourteen large provincial
townsof England which have by the census
OF 1871 more than one hundred thousand in
babltsnts, indicate that the Nencomformists