The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-27


slate the publication of all legal and public
s.notices."
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
"A young lady at recent fashionable
church wedding in New York seated herself
on the back of pew for better observation,
but seriously interrupted the ceremony by an
Involuntary somersault and attempt to stand
ON her head in the pew just behind.
Owing to the activity Of the tobacco trade
in Richmond, Va, the tobacco factories vii
only shut down one or two days for the Christ
mas holidays, In place of for as many weeks
as heretofore. The manufacturers have large
orders to fll, which will justify them In keep.
ing most of their force employed during the
winter.
An unusual question has been raised Id
the little State OF Delaware which is never
likely to trouble New York. Professor West
effected an insurance on his life policy for
twenty-five thousand dollars, and then mur-
dered7 negro, and mutllated the body 30
as to induce the insurance companies to mis-
take 1t for his own and pay over the amount.
The question now arises, when West is hang
ed for the murder will the companies be COM
PEELED to pay oyer the insurance to bis family 7
The point is emphatically knotty one.
The Manchester merchants are now agi-
tating the question Of over-sizing OF cotton
cloths, and Its effects In defrauding purchasers
by leading them to believe that there is more
cotton In the cloth than there really is. The
loeses sustained by mildew In cotton goods
shipped by water transportation are attribut-
ed to the custom Of fraudulent over.sz!ag. a
practical weaver suggests that merchants
have an efsctual remedy In their own hands.
They should stlpulate that their cloth should
not only be OF certain weight, but that 1t
should have also certain weight oil cotton In
It, This could be easily done by taking ono
or twe pieces at random ont OF the whole lot,
washing them, drying them, and then weigh
ing them.
The ten fellows of Columbus, Ind, who
drew the capital prize Of $7b, 900 in the Louis.
vile public library drawing, are all married
men and in limited circumstances. One Of
them ia q blacksmith, another drayman, and
others are ealesmen, bookkeepers, &c. They
formed club and paid ten dollars each, 60
they will be sin" the sum Of $500 apiece. The
goddess.ln.chlef Of the thing didn't seem in
cllned to encourage home patronage, for not
single prize OF any value was drawn BY Lou.
isville citizen. club In that city that In gest-
I'D $l25O drew the quarter Of ssventy.ave dol.
lars. After 1t Is divided each member will be
entitled to fraction over seven cents. One
gentleman who had three hundred and thirty
six chances did not strike number. 30, al
together, one may plainly see the folly and
viclousness Of lotteries.
As almost everything relative to Horace
Greeley has become matter Of public inter-
est, the following anecdote may now be In
order: Just four years ago, about this season,
he was seen to cross the Fulton Ferry to the
New York side one rather bleak afternoon.
The ladies' cabin, In which Mr.. Greeley was
seated, for wonder chsnced to be occupied
almost exclusively by ladies', and just as the
boat was about to start, poor, thinly clad
and evidently sick and suffering woman, with
q baby In her arms, tottered into seat. When
the boat arrived at It's destination the
elegantly attired ladies' passed out with
out q kind look or word to their suffering
sister, who was evidently too Ill to move.
Mr.. Greeley !oltered behind, went to the
woman, spoke to her for q minute or two,
and then assisted her to rise, placed one Of
he. arms In his and taking the baby under
the other arm passed out. Aud 80 they
walked down Fulton street, the passers bye
wonderingly and sometimes jestingly OBJ
serving the awkward, large-hearted, big
Drained man stalking along, Indifferent to
appearances and intent only on hls errand OF
mercy and his strange companions, baby on
one slde, as If 1t were book or parcel under
his arm, and poor, tottering woman on the
other. he placed them on board street car
at the Astor House, and, giving some money
to the woman, he spoke few words Of d.
rectlon to the conductor, aud 30 they passed
their respective ways whether to meet again
In this world can only be known at the last
great day.
The Suez Canal, although work of vast
Importance to the commercial interests of the
world, yields no revenue to its shareholders.
Late Information obtained by the Vienna
Chamber Of Commerce, shows that the tolls
of the canal produce about 100000 year,
and It's management and sustentatlon cost the
company rather more than third Of that
sum. The 100000 remaining are absorbed
in meeting the claims Of the debenture hold.
ers, leaving no surplus for dividends. It has
long been deemed q matter of international
Importance that the naturalization of this I'M
portant artery OF trade should be secured, and
recently the idea of purchasing the canal
from the shareholders by contributions Of
maritime nations, and of placing 1t under the
control of an International Syndicate, has
been broaohed In the Italian Parliament. But
Notwithstanding the uuproductivc character
OF their property, the shareholders are rep
resented to be unwilling to sell 1t, doubtless
believing that it will In few years become
an immensely remunerative work. The con-
cession granted to the canal company is to
last ninety mine years from the opening of the