The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-30
NEWS OF THE DAP.

There are little less than 100, 900 miles o.
railroad In The world.
"A society is being formed at hadria 10 ae'
mand the surrender Of Gibraltar.
Tho coal beds of Missouri are said TO cover
an area of 27O0 square miles, mostly IN Inc
northwest.
-Corned beef is shipped from Texas TO Eoe'
land, and promises TO become an extensive
business.
"A movement is on loot among the Ne"
York lawyers to Introduce the practice Of
Judges wearing gowns in court
Colonel King, of Texas, has farm o.
s4.ls2 acres, stocked with $1,000 cattle, lo,ooe
horses, 7eee eheep and 5000 goats.
The proposal to tax raw materials mas
been abandoned by the French Government
and viii not be introduced in the pending
budget 90, u.
The British Legation at Washington are
said to be looking out Tor a site on which te
, erect "a new and magnificent ambassadoria
palace. o - ga-
The Euphrates Valley Railroad, soonto be
begun, will bring Bombay within weeks
ride from London, Verify, the world pro
sgresses. =
-Bonnets are very high this season, and
the trlnmlpg ts. all placed on the top. They
are made to- fit close to the head, and nave
ribbon strings listened with small bow un-
derihe chin. -:3y .'.,
:. Tine funeral ceremonies of General Ander-
son, in New York, will take place on April Z.
Two batteries OF artillery and veterans OF Fort
Sumter will accompany the remains 10 west
Point.
John Brown, the personal attendant Oh
Queen Victoria, has received from her Majesty
a gold medal and an annuity 81 sl2o icr his
presence of mind and devotion on the occasion
ofthe late attack upon her life.
. The la.e.t achievement in sewing ma
chimes Il the successful introduction CT what Is
known az the 'carpet sewer" 1t Is an AUTO
fnaton.n and arranged 10 run along the room
and sew the breadLhs of carpets together as IL
1s propelled By the operator, who at the same
time does the sewing with an ea:s Whlcn 3D.
really astonishing.
1t ia said that 40 epidemic, not even the
cholera, has, within half century, oeen' as
general OF fatal in Philadelphia as The small
nox the bills of mortality presenting an aver
ape of more than two hundred deaths week
dnrinp autumn and winter. 1t has raSed
during period nearly ten times as long as d'a
cholera, and 1t has not yet ceased.
The Erial Telegraph Company, ,of England,
proposes to telegraph across the ocean "Enou'
the use of q cable, and without employing lne
yalvanic battery; in fact, It offers 10 get rid Oh
the whole mechanism of telegraphy as at
present existing, and 10 use the eiectriclty
always to be found in the atmosphere as the
eole agent of communication. The moaus
pnsrandt by which this new marvel is to be
effected has no, yet been made public.
The new ships now being constructed for
the German navy are formidable. AT the gov
erbment dockyard of WilhelnshaVen they are
busy finishing the cuirassed frigate Great
Elsctor: at ihe state. establishment OF Kiei The
Friedrich der Crosse, vessel Of equally I'M
uosipg proportions, is rapidly approaching
completion; while the Barbarossa, the last OF
this jron.cased trio, is in the hands OF the Vul-
can Company of stett!n. Two more cuirassed
frlgases, the Metz and hhe Sedan, are, being
constructed in England, so that The German
navy will receive an addition Of five first-ciass
vessels in, the next four years.
At last The details of the last outbreak In
Roumania have reached London. They show
that the persecution Of the uDoftnd;ng Jews
was truly heartren ling. At Cabnl the hor-
rors exceeded even those formerly perpetrat-
-ed at Ismail: Cabul is a town with popula-
zion: of about seven thousacd, cne thousand Of
whom are jews. These were suddenly set
upon by their fellow-townsmeD, and for three
days be eaten, wounded, plundered, driven out
ofthrir houses, which were battered 10 ruins,
and the tenants forced to take refuge in the
barracks, where, instead Of being defended,
they we're allowed again 10 be beat
en-, aud for several days left without
food. In thesetumults heads were split open,
arms broken, boards plucksd out by The roots,
and other atrocities committed. One OF the
suffereys defended his house tor three days,
his four sons standiDgby him. He made them
swear that, should he fall, they would con-
tinue. TO fight. The bands surrounulug his
house were for considerable time held at
bay. but the defenders were at last compelled
10 give way, ae tne sh'o'n' oSe AiiS ~ 'N
premises. The damage Inflicted on the Jews
is valued at forty thousand ducats. Trustwor-
thy accounts cay that there is scarcely VII
Iags in the whole of Bessarabitn Roumania
where there have not been frightiGl scenes.
The misery is dreadful, and help is needed i'm
mediat<ly.
"A late letter from iChic1go condemns the
reckleSsness which is displayed 10 the rebuild.
ing of the burnt district OF that city. During
the recent severe cod weather the work CT
building brick houses has gone on briskly, and
bricklayers have been rep atedy seen pursu-
Ing their labors with portable stoves at hand,
10 enable them to warm their fingers, so that
they could handle the lrowel and lay the
bricks The result of this dangerous alacrily
may be that, under the rays Of the sprlng sun,
or even The VAIN atmosphere OF a mild day,
the mortar will be so!tened and Will ex-
ude from the crude preparation which,
becoming dsintegrated, will have no more
subsistency or cemen!ing power than 20
much wet saud The settling of TIE bricks.
moreover, will expel the mortar from be-
tween the bricks, and seams AMI cracks
may be exH cted. Instances ere mentioned