The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-04
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1872.
NEWS OF Ell DAY.


the horse maiady is in Pensacola, Florida
the street cars have stopped iunring.
"A suit Is to be Instituted at Salt Lake
against the alleged diamond leia sWlndlers.
Woodruff and Clafln have been released
on $500 bail.
Judge Nelson, of the United States su'
preme Court. has resigned.
The stokers of five Of the London gas
companies have struck, and the puoilc are
warned to use gas %sparingly.
The anti of Yarmouth against the CUSTOM
bouss retiring board is transferred to the
United States Court.
The city authorities of Boston have or
dered the repairs upon the Merchants Elk
change to be stopped, as the building wnen
repaired would be unsafe.
Tobacco culture will probably become,
within a few years, one of the most Important
industries OF California. The experiments
this wear In Its production have been remark
ably successful.
The slave trade Is in q more fiourlshing
condition than 1t has been for a good many
years. During the last year 20, 1000 slaves have
been exported from the eastern coast OF
Africa, and as the great maritime powers OF
Europe, with the single exception OF Great
Britain, have declined to cooperate With the
United States for It's suppression, 1t seems
probable that the traffic will increase rather
than decrease In the future.
The receipts Of the society for the Propa-
cation of the Faith al Rome for the year 1871
were $l.OO4, It's, Of which all but s55,OOo was
gathered In Europe, France being the largest
contributor. During the same period the
amount of sl,OsO,s4 40 was expended by the
society, the total expense of the collection
and expenditure being only $685.. The Cath
Ollie Church has certainly learned to do its
work with economy. 1t Is a noteworthy fact
that Ireland, out Of her poverty, gave to the
propaganda during the year $23,545, and only
took back $l7OO, while Scotland gave only
$500, and received back $4,000.
When the Mikado first appeared to the
people Of Yeddo. no one believed 1t was he.
No, indeed, they said; our Mikado Is q god; he
exists, but cannot be seen by our eyes. WI.
such a thing has never been heard of as the
Mikado to 90 about In the streets. The son Of
be- asszs end Es sVsh e Wien nf Rfs Majesty Went for ora a
trip to the south To visit his dominion, he ap-
peared to the Japanese nation In q foreign
nniform, half French and halt of other foreign
mixture of clothing. And the people be-
lieved him to have been sent by the &lkado;
but as to that toreign-looking being to be their
Mikado, thai they never believed.
Here is another Boston notion. A great
clothing house, employing many women, was
burned out-wages payable on Monday. The
women refused to take their wages for fear
the firm would be embarrassed. The firm
then sent to Bof1n's Bower aDd asked Miss Col
Inns TO send to them any work girls, whether
heretofore employed or not, who might be In
need, and they would provide for them. Aud
they further advertised that their payroll
would be made up Monday, as usual, and re-
quested their employees to come aud take
their pay. This is the eid-fashloned grit that
broughs out the apostrophes of Webster, and
has turned q rock-bound coast TO a front of
villas and factories. 1t will do.
Gibraltar has for years been sour grapes to
Spain. She never looks at its trowning
heights, It's formidable Notifications, crowned
by an alien flag proudly Haunting In the air,
but 1t sets her teeth on edge. Year by year
the Cortes has to deal with this subject und
soothe the wounded and ever fresh sensitive
ness Of the people. 1t Is q kind of 'French
spollation claims" affair that 1t Ia ever desira-
BILE to have settled, but which navcr gets set
tied. Aspsnlsh league, bound tUgether by no
end of vows, has even been formed, called the
.sGlbraltar Liberation League" and holds
meetings aud issues protests and, like a great
many congresses, q conventions, and as
semblsges, behaves Itself as If 1t was actually
OF some use In the world. At the present
session OF the Cortes, like Its predecessors, a
motion has been made to open negotiation
with Great Britain for the transfer Of this
famous skey to the Mediterranean"
The s.Arlzona diamond held" swindle is
a most cruel one to many persons in the West.
There are reported to be now about three hun
bred men at work In these fields, and numbers
are on the way to them. Starting through the
wilderness, meeting very often no one while
on The way, the chase after Imaginary riches
will only terminate when The fields are
reached and the truth becomes known. One
OF those who have returned from Arizona
disappointed, writes to a Western paper that
the first parties he met claimed to be
employees OF a company from San Francisco,
styling themselves the "Loudon and Pacific
Diamond and Ruby Mining Company" From
these parties he received the most f1atterlng
encouragement. They informed him that the
stones were found in abundance throughout
that section of the country, and displayed to
him bushels Of the quarta-diamond, and guam
titles Of the emeralds and supposed rubles,
besides some beautiful specimens which could
not be eonnterfelts. That q number OF per-
sons were engaged in this w~el'-organized
scheme OF fraud is obvious. It was shrewdly
concocted, and admirably carried out. Now
let us hope The rogues will quarrel, az they
sometimes do In the Eastern States, and then
We will obtain some light on the subject.
Princes and potentates In modern times
seem to fall easily into the vanltIes of COM
mon life, the only difference being that they
carry them somewhat further than ordinary |
people. The golden wedding of King John,