The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-03

. "Ol E0OIudly R6aS wv
slate the publication of all legal and publ
snotices."
NEWS OF THE DAP.
virginia OYSTER dealers are filing lsrg'
contraots for that shell-dsh to plant IN Frenct
and English waters.
jules Simon, the French minister OF ecu
cation. advises young men to study less Lasr
and Greek, and cultivate In their lieu Enghsf
and German.
=, -Moret than ordinary sympathy will DC iel
; for Ida Greeley, who, IN one short montn, MAJ
Lost both father and mother, and whose De
trothed lover went down In the hlfated mls'
souri,.
I'm a recent letter to the editor of the Ohio
State Journal Mayor Medill, of Chicago, re-
views the result of the trial of the system Of
cumulative voting in Illinois, and gives bile
opinion warmly in its favor. He saysit is TOO
est,y;yetto tell whether the legie'A.ors elected
5ayTthIs3ntethod are any better thu .aeir pre-
decessors, but he is Of opinion that they com
pare favorably with them.
"a foreign letter gives this description Oh
KInr Victor Emanuel: "Hls Majesty was
looking even more repulsively ugly than
susuai, his head nearly disappearing between
his shoulders In consequence OF his increasing
bulk, and his complexion, always DARK nav
ding become nearly black. His neck is now 60
short, from obesity, that his enormous NOUS
tsches rest on each shoulder, and a perpetual
fscovf clouds his face"
The New York gas companies charged
that city in 1871 with ss4l,4s6 Al for a ten
months, gas bill for 1887 lamps. The comp
troller had the lamps counted. and found that
236 more were charged for than we're In use;
also that SSs private lamps were being paid
for by the city stsome decorating the grounds
OF prominent politicians, others lighting the
entrances to political clubs, hotels, dram
shops aud oyster saloons; others advertising
qusck medicines and places of amusement.
The bills charged more per thousand feet than
private citizens paid. They were cut down to
the customary price, anda saving was made
or $4,000.
Tho London correspondent of the Ber-
rmiupham News alludes to Q new book con-
tsining remarks about the diet of literary
men, and states that he Is acquainted With a
well known writer who cleaves to oatmeal
lporridge when he is In working trim. In this
respect he intlmates Gerald Massey, who
swears% by oatmeal porridge as a brain-in-
spring compound. ''Tnere Ia q deal of pbos-
.ph0rus In oatmeal Mr.. Massey says, 'sand
phosphorus is brain. There is also a large
amount Of phosphorus 10 fish. Consequently, /
never miss having a fish dinner at least once
s., wreck, and take a plate of good, thick,
tIcoarse, weI-boYled Scotch oatmeal every
morning OF my lKe.n
The greatest work In the line Of suspen-
sion bridges ever Attempted In this country is
6 the bridge from New York to Brooklyn across
sthe East River, now being built. 1t will be
suppor,ediby two great towers, which have a
= height above high-water mark of 26s feet,
while they rest upon foundations some 80 feet
beneath high water. The height Of the centre
or main span of the bridge will be 1856 feet
above high water. The length of the river
span will be 1916 feet, Of each land span $40
feet. The length of the New York approach
via be 144lieet, and the Brooklyn approach
9ll. The total length Of the bridge wilt be
1878 feet. 1t will be amply broad, and will
have foet-ways, oarrlage-ways and a railway
track, all dlstlnct and effsctually separated.
It was begun Ia 1870. The tower on the Brook
Ign side has reached a height ofl4O feet; that
on the New York side 80 feet above the water.
II Is coDjectured thatit will be at least four
years before travel willcommence upon 1t, and
that It will cost over Sc, 000,0 00.
The Remington steam-propelled street
ear recently used with success IN the Blocker
street road, in New York, is OF the usual form.
The boiler, located on the front, is .twenty.six
inches in diameter and four and one-half feet
In height, and Is 80 constructed as to consume
all the smoke that Is produced after the fire is
once kindled. 1t Is jacketed, felted, and COW
erred with Russia sheet-iron, and outside of all
d 3 covering Of ash lined with tin, ~ hat the
heat OF the boiler does not affect the car.
There; are two cylinders Of twelve.lnch stroke,
one 1tve inches Ia diameter and the other
eightinehea. The engine Is one of fve-horse
: power, which. In an emergency, can be To-
Crossed to tweaty-horse power for q short
time. The owners Of the Remington car
claim hat their running expenses Ia but SO
Per day, using, on an average, three hundred
pounds of coal, while SIC Is a fair average for
q car with horses. This matter Of expense ia
OF moment to the public. as 1t relnforces their
claim for lower fares. With q reduction of
six dollars per day on the. expenses Of each
car, no company can long refuse to put the
rate per passenger at lower figure.
An E%nglishman writes from somersetshire
a tos Minnesota paper that a grand exodus OF
British bone and sinew is to occur in the
spring. The English agent who Is charged
with the duty of organizing new colonies of
9 farmers Is reported to be overrRn with appli-
cations. One thousand emigrants are already
prepared for departure; the agent says he has
&besnisllterally astonished" at the number of
farmers, farmers sons and wealthy people
who intend TO go with him, and he Is already
sure OF capital to the amount of two hundred
and hfty thousand dellars, which will prob
ably be multiplied by four at the opening of
the spring emigration. Thessar remarkabla
occurrences, and when taken In connec,,on
with the reduction Of fifty per cent. In the
Cunard C~onpany's rates o. flare for emlsrant,