The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-16

Gold closed yesterday at l0talo+. II
the New York cotton market closed quiet
and steady; upIandsi 22a cents; sales 26ot
bales.
in Liverpool, cotton closed steady; up.
lands lotslld.; Orleans II Id; inear1y due from
New Orleans l1td.; sales Il, 900 bales.
-sResrAdmital TaylgS has been ordered 70
the sahnaDa aet the SOUTH Atlantic aeafl " i
The Nall Manufacturers Association at
New YORK yesterday agreed to advance all
grasss,m nails tysAty:hvs 4cenis Iper ksg ::
"A German merchant, named stepnanle,
has absconded from Havana with liabilities Of
one hundredsand fry thousand dollars
-Adelina Patti says that opera in the Uni.
ted States is Ia mode, not pamo,r. A nice dis
tinction.
-Tae-new, ,"Age4cy,p, at Cincinnati, which
undsrtook tocoliect bad debts by stationing a
conspicuously- y-placarded wagon In front Of the
debtors houses, has been declared illegal and
The Germans dnaiS 81 eor San Francisco are organ
izlng political clubs In every ward Of that city
for the purpose Of taking an active part IN the
coming presidential campaign as Independent
Mrs. Wharton has not left Annspollui Nd,
since .her. .acqulttal.- Her daughter stu re-
mains with her, and they are quietly awaiting
the trial in April, on the charge Of attempting
to poison Eugene Van Ness. = - = -
"A lady, writing from Florence, says that
Hart, the Kentucky sculptor, Is engaged upon
ssthe most 6eantifat female figure the world
has ever seen; and that if will require many
yearT 10 complete The work. : ''You know,
my dear friend" said Hart, sit takes even.
the Almighty nineteen years to make perfect
woman" 'i1la
Louis Napolec- in order. doubtless, TO be
consistent with his asseverations, has de-
cllned the invitation to be present at the con-
sress of unemployed monarchs which is to be
held shis spriDgat Wlesbaden. His ex-ha)es-
tv doegncs at al admit that he Is out of the
royal ''ring." BE is only temporarily under
q cIdudn-that is all.
The Massachusetts Senate has almost
unanimously passed law permitting divorce
after the parties who desire 1t have lived
apart three years. The only change as COM
usred with the present law Is to lessen the
formality and expense. The three years de-
sertion was good cause for divorce any Way'
and this simply leaves to agreement what was
before matter of suit.
And now it appears We have "a corner"
in cheese. The New York Bulletin states that
the stock ON hand in that city isvery small'
and the majority OF dealers are unable to get
sufficient to supply their customers, while q
few fortunate houses hold all there Is IN
market, and, apparently, nearly all there Is IN
the country. The result Of this Is to be an ad'
vance 10 twenty cents per pound. The next
thing Wa know there will be q corner IN
peanuts.
1t Ia said that number OF English con-
victs were recently sent to New York by the
prison. authorities Of Manchester, England.
The Grand Duchy of Observation-Disclosures
also claims the right to dispose of Its convcts
in this manner. One of the Meckleneurg
Journals asserts this right in offensive terms.
The Federal Government should apply efi-
cient means to put stop to such grievances.
We have criminals enough of native growth,
without being made the Botany Bay OF the
whole world.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
have notified the House appropriation com
mittee of Congress- that they cannot renew
the present contract for signal service, owing
to the monopoly of the wires at certain hours
demanded blythe service interfering too serl.
ously with commercial business, which Is OF
more pecuuiary value to tue company than
the storm signals. To keep proper track OF
the air currents, &C., there should be lines at
the service of the corps all the time. To do
this would cost, 1t is stated, from one 10 two
millions OF dollars per annum.
New Workers. have suddenly lost their
appetite for veal in consequence Of the dis
coyery that Brooklyn butcher had slaughter.
ed number of inoculated calves, which he
intended to sellin the markets. .but was pre-
vented by the health officers. 1t appears that
aFrench physician had inoculated the calves
with the genuine cow pox, and in this manner
had been able to get a large amount OF vaccine
vIrus, which he sold and also exported. The
doctor thought the calves were Just as good,
If not little better, after being inoculated
and recovering from the effects. It tended to
purify them" The same thing had been done
La France for years, he said. The Frenchmen
atethe veal, and not Frenchman had yet
been poisoned. The New York World, too,
whichIs nothing if not scientific. endeavors
to allay the terrors of the veal eaters by the
information that the virus of the small pu8
even may be swallowed with perfect impunity.
Notwithstanding these assurances, .'vaccin'
ated veal" liz not likely to become popular
disb.
The unpleasant Mordaunt case has agair
come no In a Enthusiastically unpleasant
manner. "DebretL's Baronetage" is a yer!
useful publication, compiled from Information
supplied to the editor by the persons inter
ested. An animal edition is prepared, In Whie'
additions or omissions are made, according u
vital changes or new creations OF titles.
appears that the editor of "DebretL" ma
twice sent to Sir Charles Mordaunt PROOF
sheet OF the page referring to the Mordaun
family, In which he says Of Sir Charles: "An'