The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-05
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1872.
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

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NEWS OF q DAY.
the Empress Josephine high-back combs
of the last century are reappearing at sara
toga. .bo,,
Young men in England are forlelting their
marriage engagements In consequence OF the
high price Of coal.
Mis- Julia Thomas, some years ago a COL
spicuous bellein st. Louis society, last SUNDAY
took the black veil at the Convent OF lhe
Sacred Heart. al.aa2
AT the Scranton coal sale In New YORK
last week. contrary to expectation, Inc prices
realized were from three to eighteen Genus per
ton lower than those of last month. The ave-
aoe decline in stove coal was ten cents per ton,
aandon chestnut eighteen and q half cents per
ton.
"A pretty romance is attached to the career
If tho tenor Tamberlik. His daughter was
nearly iosing her slight, and was given up by
all the ocniists except n. Xavier GalezoWskl,
who etected q cure, and the young lady must
have made good Bse'o OF her eyes, as her medl-
cal 6Qpl6eI ID 10 10 II
professor. - -
The New York World of the 30th ult. has a
paragraph rectifying what 1t pronounces the
very, erroneous impressions respecting the
health q iits proprietor, Mr.. Marble, which
have been conveyed ty q recent paragraph IN
the n-ewspapers. Though suffering more or
les, nom physical infrmity, during the last
winter, until February, when he sailed for
Havana, Mr.. Marble was considerably improV-
al in Nav. when he returned to New York;
hnf ~ the advice OF his physicians, he con-
cluded TO abstain from severe labor during the
nmmer. For the last three or four weeks he
has been rapidly convalesclDg, In spite OF
the oppressive weather. After his return
mort the White Mountains, where he Is now
soiourning, he expects to resume his ordinary
duties with re-established health and vlgor.
Quite recently there was some probability
Of thesudden stop being put to the coD)ec-
turea o tha press.a to the meaning OF the
conference about to be held at Berlin between
the, Emperors Of Austria, Russia and Prussia.
one ofthe essential parties, the Emperor OF
RussIs,lcam very near being compelled, by
an unavoidable, and yet very customary cir
cumstance In this Empire, to be absent. In
fact, an attempt was made to assassinate him
on bis last journey by car to Lavldia. The
sspresses of Vienna states that q large stone
had been placed upon the track near the sta
dor, Of Mordarowka on the Balts Odessa line.
fortunately the engineer o. the imperial train
peroeiyed the obstruction In time to check
cha cars, It vas q narrow escape, and shows
thst the enemies of the Empire still resort to
the old meanst to Pld themselves OF an obnox- |
lous Emperor. Assassination ls yet popular,
and the present Emperor will have to run the
gauntlet as his predecessors did.
1t ia generally supposed that the punish
ment' of being broken on the wheel went out
with the rack, the thumb-screw, and the
trfphtsnr embrace of the spiked Maiden" 1t
appears that the punishment of the wheel
still exists in Servia for murderers, highway
robbers and incendlarles. An execution by
this mode has just taken place there. Two
man. Noses Alexander werthstein and sebas-
toius Aiexry, were broken on the wheel for
the murder of a family of a farmer named
Detrestisy. The particulars of the execution
are.horrfble. When sentenced, Alexiry main
tained his compogure, but Werthsteln broke
Into loud screams andcried for mercy. Alarge
number OF people assembled around the scat
fold. Althe time consumed In the preliminary |
preparations, Werthstein continued to scream
andbeg for mercy. All being ready, the execu-
7ioner drew from a green bag an iron club
With a knot at the end. With this he pro-
ceeded TO crush the shoulders, the knees and
every joint in the body Of these criminals. 1t
was. from the accounts given, an exhloiton
brutal almost beyond conception.
The '.Babes In the Wood" have turned up
at H,llsdsle, New York. Three children,
aged four, six and eight, of John Foley, re-
siding in the mountains, strayed of after
huckleberries. The mother missed them, and
blew the dinner horn for a circuit OF a mile
around the house In hopes OF attracting their
attention, but In vain. Night came on with a
heavy rain, and put an end to the search. The
next morning the village of Green River was
reused, and all the people scattered In differ
entdIrectons In the mountains. About three
O'Clock In the day the children were discover
ed huddled together under a tree and covered
with leaves. They put out their hands and
began to- cry as 5000 as found. The scene
when they arrived at their mountain home
was very affecting. The mother ran to meet
them, screaming and crying, and catching
first one 10 her arms and hugging that for a
moment, then letting 1t down and taking ano-
Their one and pressing that to Ter heart, and
30 on for nearly an hour before she became
Gained. By this time all the hunters had re-
turned from the search, and they, too. had to
kiss and hold the children, and unbldden tears
came to the eyes of great stalwart men who
had never known tears since their childhood.
M oro oorru tn cav that the children. inatpad