The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-12
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FRIDAY, JULY IL, 1872
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
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There is rumor that Blondin has offered
"sir Rogern one thousand dollars week for
slx months to .sdon the United Kingdom with
htm-two performances day, "Roger" to
cross the rope on the Niagara heros back at
each performance.
.i-Aivices from Paris allege that the great
loan, intended to be Introduced In order to
accelerate the departure of the German
troops from the occupied departments, vii
probably be launched in the first or second
week of August, ana In London as well as iu
France.
- THE State of Texas would contain the en-
tire population of the United States, without
making 1t any more thlckly settled than Mas
saobusetts, and the same State would hold the
entire population Of the French Empire, (or
Republic that now is) and leave uninhablted
margin OF sixty miles around the boundary
of the State.
-,l-i-Horace Greeley owns some five hun
dred to six hundred acres Of land in Bucking'
ham, County, Virginia. The circumstances
under which he acquired his landed posses
slons were characteristic of his generosity and
klHdliness. Somebody who had been induced
by the representations of the Tribune and by
Mr.. Greeley's personal advice to invest In Vlr-
pinis lands, came back to him not long after
and complained that he had been swindled by
the land agents. Mr. Greeley did not have
time to listen to the mans reproaches, or to
make any explanation, and simply proposed
10 take the land off his hands, to which the
other gladly and promptly consented. The land
lies In the GOLD mine district OF Buckingham
County, and is said to be very poor and worth
less.
.-Libbie Garrabrant, the Paterson, N j.,
murderess, has at last been informed that the
Court of Pardons did not commute her SEN
tence to imprisonment for life, which the Ill.
5udged dispute of q clerk in the office OF the
Secretary OF State had informed her had been
the case. She learned the truth by accident,
Jail warden, Mr.. Goodrldge, having hesi-
tated to tell her Till the court should finally
adjourn, fearing the effect upon her. But
. when she had learned that she had still the
prospect OF death before her, she betrayed no
emotion. Meeting Mr.. Goodridge, she said:
$50 my sentence wasn't commuted after all,
eh ~ Mr.. Goodrldge Informed her that NO
official notice had yet been received. and the
girl conyersed about the matter with much
uneoncern and carelessness OF manner. Her
sentepeets to be carried into effect on the
18th Instant upless the Court of Pardons In
terfere, or respite is granted by the Gov
ernor.
The prize ring has been supposed to be
about as brutal spectacle as men In cold blood
could look upon, enjoy and encourages; but
desperate duel at Hob6ken between two
butchers proves the contrary. These men,
whose names we're John Fallon and Cornelius
Leary, having been at work in their slaughter
house, became involved in quarrel at 'clear-
leg up" time as to who should do the work.
The bitter words soon brought them to blows,
and, stripped as they were, they engaged in
savage combat, when crowd of men were
attracted to the spot, who separated them;
but the combatants were not satisfied, and
threatened and dared until 1t was proposed
that they should adjourn to the meadows be-
tween Hoboken and Jersey City and eGectu-
ally settle 1t. The crowd Of butchers followed
and, formed q ring. Both the bloody duel
ists were armed with butcher knives, with
the understanding, 1t is said, that they should
use them; at any rate the struggle had not
progressed far when Leary's weapon flashed
out in the gas-light and was buried In Fallon's
abdomen above the right hip. Leary then
broke through the circle and ran toward Jer-
sey city, and the sanguinary crowd, but little
less guilty than he, dispersed, leaving the
wounded and dying man on the grass. An
officer discovered him, and also went after and
arrested Leary, who was himself hurt, but
not seriously.
:, !. Tho Germans have been trsnsplantlng
their peculiar military tactics into the Western
continent; ana have given the frightened clti-
zensof Port-au-P Prince a taste of the Kaiser's
imperlousness. Certain outrages having been
committed upon German citizens by the indis-
Greet HaytIens, q German man-of war obtainep
prompt reparatlon 6y seiaing two Haytien war
vessels and threatening the town with bonn
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have been unexpected by the Islanders, and
they were only too glad to settle the
matter by giving fifteen thousand dollars
to the German commander, with which
generous .!ademnity he departed In
triumph. By contrast it is excessively
hum. ,.iIstlng to learn that the Haytien Legisla-
ture has kindly agreed to pay the American
claims in twenty years from date. This
arrangement is worthy OF the pusillanlmous
direction of our State department, and appro-
prlately supplements the Howard disgrace, the
treaty muddle and the other remarkable
achievements of the administration. 1t is not
surprising thatthe Americans In Port-au-Prlnce
are about to petition the government to follow
the example OF the Germans, but the Idea that
MIR. Fish ls capable Of any such decisive action
is, If anything, more ludicrous than the idea
of waiting twenty years for that which another
nation obtained in less than that number of
hours. u o
The tyranny OF the New York strikers is
belne cooled down somewhat and labor and
..,x.t o~o- r,ottino touather nv Var-OrS sorts of