The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-01
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY i, 1872
NEWS OF THE DAY.

ands MA; Orleans llsd. The !sales reached
1he large amount Of $4,000 bales! i$ r. ~
-rfe New England steam fire engine build
eers, since the Chicago fire, report greatly In
creased demand for those machines.
Clara Louise Kellogg Is paid three hun
dred and ffty dollars for each evenings ap'
pearance In opera. q -.
,y-The, .ii.Memoirs of TalleJrand% are 70 oe
mn nnhlshed simultaneously In FIVE languages,
andYbsre IL, naturally, great rivalry among
the Paris publishers to secure the pnblicatlon
of them In the French Language:
1.-THE Prince of Wales contsmplates sea
voyage ass soon as pleasant Tea her sets IN.
royal yacht, Victoria aud; Albert Is now
being refltted for the Princes convenience
and dnrlng the month Of April his Royal hlsn-
aess win embark for cruise IN the Aeoiter-
faiean and the Madeira Islands. .
Scottish lady student, Miss Jessie mac
eregor, has carried off the highest nonofs AZ
tie British Royal Academy .thissyear. The
o5ld medal and1 books for the best historical
paiB,iug, IAN Act Of fMercy,R have been accord
edto, MISS aMacgregor, who is the &c secoad re-
male recipient Of the honor. Anotherla lady,
niseJ. Grsmith, got the silver medal for the q
hssk dfawlug from the antique. :; ~
-Thg Monehgsheis Republican publishes
the following: "Our friend, James N. SPRING
er, Esq, Of Bellevernon,i flHsl asemewhat Gu
rious pesition,. HelmarFled Raopple; one gay;
sold theut their farniture the next AN ia,ehort
time Afterwards Visited the wife In her sick
ness. attended hef funeral as undertaken, and
fisrtohowinE Sabbath preached her funeral
sasmou: snds ina short time married. the fOr- :,
iaiisll4iaSBaud another lady, and again isold
them their furniture" l. t,s i!'.t,i 5't'n 81, -
nssatthe CrSstaI Palace, London; recently,
vss successfully exhibited new light Is snpe-.
rior to gas as gas is to oil, the Invention OF q
French hchemist. This light is white, clear ahd'
healthy. and is 80 powerful that it actually
causesa asae y flame from gas to cast shadow. In
this connection 1t Is Interesting to consloer
that gas, which was discovered 10 1888 and de-
voted to Illuminating purposes in 1872, was
first permanently used for illumination at Man
chester In 1906 In 1905 gas was introduced
into one of the streets of London, and from
that time lis 'nse became general throughout
cue ciVllAcu WolRu'
Horace Greeley writes 10 q friend: You
think the letter. wrote TO P. Dopan a mis-
take..sSo, should j, IT, 1t were the Chief end OF
man to run for President. But that Is not my
nn,tonsc I could not consent TO be President
at the heavy cost of ceasing to be myself
anita, nrolectioIistS There shall be no vote
cast foff me In ignorance of that truth If can
hsfb Il. / am opposed 10 all fraud5abhor
swindles, however passively committed. Don't
you remember. your suggestion TO me, that l
ought to drop the tariff question for the pres
ent, Do follow such advice? Notil the court
understands herself." Z! a.e .rG ,5,.s
e..The following is one Of the most tempting
advertisements we remember to- have. seeD.'
IT. comes IN ntoibreak up iihe 'dreary monotony
Of lie %coiamns Of 'iBoarders Wanted an
nounceimnients ts in the New York Herald, and il
uBarkisr does not get his 6oarders, there is
no art 10 advertising: ----.z-.
WE ARE A, LITTLE FAMILY OF
W., three persons, living inst out OF Filth
avenue. We own the house we dwell In, ana
nave twice as much room as we want. II we
knew, of some nice people, who could appreciate
a..CheeEtul, :home-llke home, as, much unlke
boarding house as possible, We would INVITE those
msss n We S Could make. Address BARKIs, Herald
1.-the following story OF the late Mr.; Nsk is
being reprinted: Ia Montaland relgned nm
der nsk's big diamond that week, vice the
Mansfield, deposed. Fisk was taking the PIN
guild prima donna out for drive behind his
four-in.hand, and pointing ont to her the
various attractions of New York. Stewards
immense marble house on the avenue; what
was that ?. THAT, Madame, is my city resi-,
dence; a mere bachelors hail. The Central
Park, that was magnificent; 1t was! %,
sthst is my country seat; you can see my pet
brfaloes there; allow my, tenants the free
use OF the grounds La Moutaland was I'm
. messed. with the wealth of the Prince. She
made several other inquiries as to the owner.
ship of the Herald building, the Fiflh Avenue
Hotel, and the Cathedral, to all OF which she
received satIfactory replies. Finally, as they
passedStewarrs Broadway store. the dazzled
sopgstress sad, And Is this your house, too,
Monsieur Feesk p 'NQsnadam," replied the
ingenious Prince of Ere Il cannot tell lie
taatoslengs TO my partner, Jay Gould -"
-lQ6 ldSl lhlC VI w
man comes from Selma, Alabama. On The
lst of January, 1871, a syndicate Of young
men was formed, one of whom, the most
trustworthy of them, was appointed treas
urer, They then signed temperance pledge
and agreed to deposit on the first day of each
month ten dollars each, to be divided at the
end Of the year. among those members who
remained faithful to their obligation. One by
one they tainted and fell, until at the expira-
ton OF the specified time there was ony one
who had not yielded TO the liquid temptation.
He repaired at the hour of noon on New
Years Day to the appointed place of rendez-
vous to receive the fourteen hundred and for
tydollars which he had so nobly earned. But
the other eleven were not there, so. full of
fiery thirst, he FASTENED 10 neighb2ring
saloon to take his first nip fora twelvemonth.
He had partially swallowed it when ten Of his
colleagues entered, and revealed to him the
horrifying fact that his watch was twenty
minutes too fast. He, too, had fallen, and the
vision Of q el-flled pockelbook vanished.
The eleven then repaired to the office of the
treasurer, only, to learn that he had lost all
the money playing draw-poker with one OIL
the church trustees. An effurt Is now oelne
made to keen the sorraWful story out of the