The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-03
Tbe GbafleSton Nems
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1872
NFWs OF THE 4

NEWS OF TIE DAP.
The New York Herald of Saturday says
.The new southl Carollnas were fairly active
with an advance to 25s, the depressing inhu
ence of the recent political agitation IN tne
Slate having exhausted ITSELF"
Gold wears away In the handling. GOV
eminent official state that in the simple count
ing and transfer of one million dollars ifom
one yanlt to another, the loss by abrasion
amounts to elk dollars. :,
-"Kickero' or "Slsero" is the Issue IN Cn'ili.
cotbe. Ohio. Professor Dowd, the prlnclpal
NJ one of the public schools, required MS
nnplls TO saw s.Klokero;;' whereupou divers OF
The parents rebelled, and demanded tnat
t,eirschildren ahonld be allowed 10 say
.,SIsero.ns
-Aletter from ex-senator Doolittle is pub
lished, COMPUTING the allegations Of the const'
ty affdayit. In which he is charged with exact
ING money for his influence while o member
OF the Senate. Doolittle pronounces every
statement relating to the exercise OF his per-
sonal or official influence In obtaining q per-
NIT for Connatty false.
San Francisco jewellers must be the most
unconscionable rogues In the world. The
highest bid they could be induced TO MAKE ior
~asdiainond.ss big as q good sized piece OF
chalk. found by a small boy In santa cruz
Gonntv was ten thousand dollars; aud this
bid seems to be regarded by two-lhirds Oh the
American press as incontrovertiolo PROOF tnss
the diamond is worth at least three million
dollars.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria has proved
thai she cares at least a pinch OF SUM ABOUT
the discovery OF Livingstone. She has sent
ssnuIbox to Stanley, who has been 80 much
.sneezed an Of late that It Is a charity to ena'
Bic him 10 sneeze back at his assas!ants. Ills
artful or Earl Granville, who had already In
vitsd Stanley, to dinner to getth Queen Into
same boat with himself In case he should
oneday come to be laughed at for entertaining
achoax.
s.@The london Standard publishes the iol-
lowing from its Paris correspondent: "
learn. though I cannot absolutely vouch ior
the. fact, that the German Government, 10
connection with that Of Russia, means, at the
meeting of the Emperors at Berlin, to propose
IN European Congress, with the threefold 90.
cot OF giving sanction to the territorial
changes. which have taken place In france
andkGefmany during the last two years, ana
to aheioccupa.ion Of .Romezby Italy, and re-
yising the Treaty OF Paris OF 1856"
Tue new psvementin Union Square PARK
New York, is formed of rock simply ground to
powder and heated to q temperature OF not
less thansfhree hundred degrees. While hot,
this powder. Is spread evenly with q rake over
aSbed O fcement, and. is then compressor oy
rollers into q pavement, with neither joints
nor seams, and impervious to water. Its sur
face Is perfectly smooth,a and there Is no dus',
mud or exhalallons. 1t can be easily swept,
Ia not more. slippery than granite, and Is not
actedrupontby the heat. The rock OF Wnich IL
Is made Is imported from Val de TraVers, Nen'
chatel; Switzerland.
-IFrench paper gives a detailed account
ofthe manufacture OF false eyes IN farls,
from which the curious fact appears that tue
average sale per week Of eyes Intended Tor
the human head amounts TO four hundred.
One o; me leading dealars In this article car
RES ON the business In q saloon of great mag
nldcence; his servant has but one eye, and the
effect Of any Of the eyes wanted by customers
ia conveniently tried In this servants head, 30
that the customer can Judge very readily rs
tothe appearance it will produce In his "
head. The charge Is about ten dollars per
eve. For the poor there are secondhand Vis-
usIergaaa, which have been worn for o time,
and exchanged for'new ones; they are sold OF
reduced prices, and quantities are sent oht
India and the Sandwich Islands.
The adulteratIon act, recently passed.oy
thst Brldshs Parliament, renders it unlawful
NOT only 70 sell bad food, but also to make
and seG mixtures such as the substance called
Jonathan which was exhibited at q recent
ttfaI=h England. Power is given 10 local
boards TO appoint analytical chemists, and In
srectors Of markets are compelled to prose
cute offenders. Authorizations of a poisonous
character are to be punished for the first
offence bY. q fac of two hundred and fifty
dollars, and for the second offence ny SIX
months Imprisonment at hard labor The IN,
-termf5lne of any substance with intent TO
frandulently Increase the weight or bulk OF
snyattJ0fs6t food .ddnk ordrug is punisha-
BILE by 4 fine of one hundred dollars, and, on
aBecond conviction, the name of the offender
isfo be published.
Among the "reminiscences told Of the
Franco Prusslan war Is the account of a curl
ous duel between two subordinate officers Of
the French army. "You intend to fight q
duel eh % asked the commandant. "Yes,
colonel. Words have passed which can only
be wiped out by blood. We don't want to
mass for towards" Every we'll; you shall
naht; but 1t must be In this way: Take YOU
carbines. Place yourselves on q line facing
Malmaison, where the enemy is. You will
march Upon their garrison with equal step
when sufficiently near their posts, you will
then fire upon them. The Prusslans will
reply. You consinue to advance and fire
When one falls the other may turn upon hts
heels, and his retreat shall be. covered by one
otmy companies" The matter was arranged
az the commandant had dictated. at twenty
PAGES from the walls of Malmaison n OF the
sdyersarfesw was wounded, staggered and fell
The other ran TO him, raised him mp, and car
ried him off on his shoulders amid a perfect