The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-09
Tbe GbafIeStu1t 9ems,
TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 9, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold at New York closed at 93a9a.
AT New York cotton closed weak; uplandi
2lic; sales 1875 bales.
AT Liverpool o.-Jn closed excltedi up
lands losd; sales 10000 bales.
1T is singular fact that not an actor a
tended the funeral of Hackett in New York.
The Acknowledgement of Missouri was sen'
to Seda,ia County 70 investigate the Ku-kua
outrages, and reports them wholly unfounoeo
An anti-rent war Is threatened In Chicago
on the part of those who were allowed TO erec'
temporary habitatlons. The Mayor proclaim
that they must pay or move.
Victor Hugo Is said to be candidate fol
the French Assembly on a platform involving
the abolition Of everything that is, and lhe
establishment of everything that isn't.
-i.-It is said that the Empress Eugenie occa'
sionally superintends little millinery estab-
lishment in Chiselhurst, just by way Of diver.
sion, and the consequence Is alf-the grand
danes in the vicinity patronizes the establish,
ment.
The Grand Duke Alexis found out the
strong point OF Niagara after q halfday's stay
there. The landlord dcharacterlstically charg'
ed an enormous bill-sl500-at the rate Of
$75 for each member Of the suite for the half
day. The young man at once declined the
preposterous imposition, and the amount was
finally reduced to $1,000. I'll -, ,a-
This paragraph from the London. Times
will be read with profound satisfaction In
France: 'sNo lapse Of time and no depth OF
misfortune will ever deprive France Of the
rank which her geographical position and her
material and mental advantages have given
her at the head Of European nations. 1t was
the boast OF that country, when at the height
OF her power and prosperity, that on her salts
faction depended the worlds tranquility; but
the world ls not reassurred by all her prostra-
tlon and exhaustion" =.
1t ls stated that several prominent LABOR
reformers are endeavoripg to consolidate the
national and international trade unions, the
State labor councils and the various secret
orders of mechanics into one national order
ofAmerican mechanics. This is to be done
BY a convention, in which all the different ex-
is.ing organizations will be represented oy
delegates, and II the proposed consolidation Is
effected, 1t will unite at least one million OF
workers and votera, who will be controlled
by q central labor congress.
Mile. Schneider has left Paris for St.
Petersburg, where she will receive The salary
of4two hundred and fifty pounds week, a
halfclear benefit on the last night OF her en-
gagement, hotel and other necessary expenses
for herself and suite entirely paid, and jour-
ney to Paris and back By special stages. Her
compartment in the train was asaloon car
rage fitted up with bedroom accommodation.
Added to her usual refnue Of servants, she
took with her her own artiste capiuatre and
two female dressers. Who would be mere
prima donna after this
The famous story of the ''stuffed captain"
In the P-assian army has at length received
satisfactory explanation by the official preas'
In all Prussian budgets there figures captain
Of the First regiment Of the Foot Guards, tor
whose pay the estimates are charged with
one. thousand three hundred thalers, though
the oflcer's name is not to be found Ia the
army list. The mystery has given rise to
many humorous, but none the less violent at
tacks from. the progreseiste, who scented IN
the item one of the numerous false pretences
by which government was supposed to obtain
funds. The ''stuffed captain" who was again
made the subject of fierce attack In the
latest fight over the budget, turns out to be
no other than his Majesty himself, by his i'm,
perial dignity captain OF his own First Foot
Guards. He does not, however, pocket the
one thousand three hundred thalers for bis
own use, but pays them regularly towards the
support of the tallest men in that company of
giants, for which, like Frederick the Great, he
has constitutional tenderness.
The turn of the tide of testimony in Mrs.
Wharton's favor has had the effect of arousing
again the public interest which had begun to
decrease during the first few days and weeks
of the trial. The Imprisonment and mental
anxiety of Mrs. Wharton have worn terribly
on her health, and she as we'll as her faithful
daughter betrays by her unsteady gait and
hsggard features the terrible solicitude with
which her mind Is burdened. The jury, too,
are beginning to show the ''wear and tear" OF
the struggle. while the judges and attorneys
seem to undergo as yet no Inconvenience, and
are as alert and active as ever. The audience
is always large, and is made up principally Of
members of the fair sex, who pay the strict
est attention 10 the proceedings, and llngeI
enchanted on the words of classic and SCI
entiic lore which proceed from the mouths ol
the medical experts in bewilderlDg confusion.
On Wednesday, Attorney General syester Gre
ated profound sensation among his legal
brethren by the apparently inexhaustible fund
Of his medical knowledge as displayed In the
tremendously long list Of questions propound-
ed to DR.. Reese. The wonder ceased, how.
ever, when it was discovered that his inquiries
were quoted from little bits of paper handed
up to him, with regularity aud profusion, by
another physician. General Brlce, whose wife
is the sister of the late General Ketchum, has
recently given it as his opinion that Mrs.
Wharton undoubtedly committed the deed OF
which she is accused, but that she is insane,
and the trial will probably end "Tiihout re-
suits"
The scene during the stormlng Of the al
dernanic stronghold in New York city last
week must have been one of the most ludi-
crous on record. At high noon the new board
ce al hao1ad hp Ne rlipfnn ,,rnnood