The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-09
NEWS OF TIE

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NEWS OF TIE DAY.
Tho Metairle Jockey Club races OF Ne"
Orleans are postponed to The l4th.
sDr. Warren ttone, the famous new UT
leans surgeon, .ls dead, aged aixty.
The hast New York bank statement SHOWS
an inorease of loans of one and seven-eights
millions: increase OF specie one-fourth ola
million; decrease Of legaltenders three-fourths
otSmfAion, and Increase OF deposits three ano
onse--eIghth Of . million.
-Tnedeath otMr. Greeley gives rise to q ques-
ton Of the liability Of his hackers for their pc"
on1thaa election. A rule Of the turf IL, where
there ia no chance to win there can be no
lossi aBsts on Mr.. Greeley are In that cateso-
~. The different States have cast a vote TOR
an electoral college. The electors met In the
ean,tols ofthe respective States on the frst
"wednesday in December following the gene
raj eIsctIon' and cast their votes In conformity
to their Idea of the wishes OF the constituency
.lactIns them. An observance OF The Will OF
sheicons,itnency is not a legal obligation, out
IA compiled with as q moral duty. NOW Nj.
Greeley being dead, he cannot De voted ior,
sndhf backers would have no chance to win,
and. technically, bets on him are considered
AZ 81, though the moral obligation topay still
holds.
One OF the most remarkable discoveries
supposed to be made by modern science Is the
drifting OF the stars Richard A. Proctor, Sec
retary of the Royal Astronomical society,
claims the merit Of first suggesting the posi-
biltty Of there being in fact no fixed stars; but
Professor HuggIns Is said 10 have frst demon
sfrsfssd Inc fsct that certain Of the stars, nota-
blx Sirinus, ara wandering through space with
almost incredible rapldity. The undulstory
Neht!wsyes, arg the cliteria by which this ap-
prooch or recession is found, and the rate at
which they strike the eye Of the observer,
gives the proof Of the stars coming towards
the earth or going from 1t. II the waves come
IN nn,cker succession than from . luminous
BODY ai rest the source Of light, according TO
a vsll.xnown Law, Is approaching; If, on the
contrary, they GOMEZ in slower succession than
from q luminous body at rest, the source OF
lisasi "a receding. Not only does this ''star-
drtn.lias Mr.. roc calls it-take place with
single stars, but whole groups, with rythmic
motion, are cirollng among themselves, some
times driling silently, swiftly, mysteriously,
In q oorsmon direction; sometimes interviewed
In . manner at present unsccountaSle.
In washington letter says: 1t is generally
knownSthatithe patent for the Wheeler and
wilson sewing machine soon expires. Dur
Ing he last session Of Congress there we're
several unsncoessfnl efforts made to have 1t
extended, hut the application for extension OF
tho pstent ID still before the Senate commit
tee onpatenss, and 1t 10 not likely to be repor'
tad t;ts session. In case the extension is de.
fss,edit Is the opinion Of many posted 10 the
manufacture OF sewing machines and other
pstsuta that the prlos of sewing machines
vii be- brought down. to from twenty dollars
to: twenty-five dollars. In the testimony fled
before the committee, and given by skilled
mechanics IL Ia stated that the average cost
Of manufacturing sewing machines Is from
seven dollars to twelve. This machine, HE
mSny others, Is owned by what is known as the
Sewing Machine Combination" and the ap.
pl,caiIon Tor tho extension Of the patent Is
In the name Of A. B. Wilson. Many Of the
smaller sewing machine companies oppose
the extension with all their power. There lie
on fIe. before the comraittee petitions signed
by over twenty thousand persons, many Of
whom have from one to fifty machines In OPP
Grafton In manufacturing establishments, ask.
ing that the extension be refused.
-As was to 90 feared, the recent calm which
prevailed in the latitude of Mexico has proved
ilusory,I and now the usual tempests OF revo-
lutions and; .conspeRaoies q y recommended
their familiar sway. It was majestcally an.
nounced that under the benefoent rule Of
Lesdo de- Trejada Mexlco was destined to en-
ter q lew era Of peace, quietness and pros
pecity, the lion and the lamb we're to lie down
together, AMI the desert blossom az the rose.
PorhrioD la8. the unconsolonable freebooter,
wa TO be forgiven In tears, and returned to
his post OF honor In the army. The brigands
were to be secured from hill and dale, and the
places that knew the horse thieves were to
kpow9hsm no more forever. The dream was
too sweet to last, and the chronic disorder too
strongly sntrenched In the Mexican body poll
tic tosbe; exterminated by pacific proclama-
lions and .mlld.mannered msnifestoes. And
now they are at 1t again, tooth and nall.
Zepads, reputed to be o bloody-minded man,
has been removed from Office by Commander
in-Chief Rochs, and In accordance with Gus
ton and tradition has organized a revolution,
which Will end no one knows how or when.
The PROBABILITY Is that the dlsafectlon reported
a saluIo, viii spread and strengthen until
active hostillties are agaln rendered necessary,
and tina. q very fair sized war will be apt TO
defer the date Of Lerdo's millennium.
The personal appearance OF the Aikado Of
Japan Is thus described In the Japan Gazette:
ut b difficult 70 give an explanation of the
Niksdois attire, as 1t was so totally different
from any costume known to any Foreigners
that the very terms seem wanting. suf-
f1oe T. then. that commencing at bis feet,