The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-15
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1872.
NEWS OF TIE DAP:


Gold closed yesterday at lo}al05.
lin New York cotton closed quiet, with up
lands at 22s cents; sales $50 taiep.
The Liverpool cotton market closed dun
uiplsuds lltal14d, Orleans 1'sd.
Boston has q charity hcspital lor Tue oui
OF corns. o,a :, tho
..sbe was Young and He was oia, - 'ne
title of an English novel Just issued.
old p.int Comfort is to be restored as tne
rs.b,ooable watering place of Virginia.
Tie notorious outlaw ! Hlddebrand mas
been hung by lynch law in Pulaski county,
Missouri. a,.jji, j ,::.g. ~, nm
London, with a population OF 3,26l'ooo'
hasl haasli i9B. s4s paupers, or about one pauper
80 noverv twenty-slx of the nh1bltants.
IS The fact that over six hundred personal
applications, mostly by girls between hteen
and twenty, were made In one afternoon late-
" at the Grand Opera House, New YORK, TO
nii places S in the ballet Of 2 new specta9u!isas,
niav is noted as an evidence Of fearful
lack of employment. among the girls OF tna1
ely. y ~ o. ou,o 80 con.
struc,iodnI for The defence Of the prominent
naval stations Of Great Britain will, with the
foundations. cost five million dollars apiece
The iron shell of one Of; the forts f9r Spitneao'
near portsmouth,, has been shipped by rail tor
that barbor from the works ofthe WhitWortns'
In the iron Districts. This shell or skeleeon
weighs twenty-four hundred tons, ana Is 10 1e
A.ted mn with fifteen.inch iron plates twenty
iYf.et In length. Each fort Is to be seven
Kindred feet In circumference and TWO nun
drsd and thirty feet high. They are TO De arm
edg,th two tlersof gpuss one tiey Of twenty
four 600 FOUNDERS and the other OF swenty-nVe @
100 pohnders. c The guns, 1t Is caiculsteds Will
n,erce.twelye-inch armored ships at two thou
sand yards distance.
The resignation Of Colonel Forney' as COL
,eetar az customs, at Philadelphia, was hana-
edith President! Grant ON Saturday last. ine
letter of resienaiion,has in tt no word IN praise
or support OF the administration or'tne a'es oi
the Executive. Colonel iFofney says ne Will
devote his efortsto his newspaper "and 10
the sfenersetfc support Of the principles OF ane
great Republican party" He thanks General
Grant for bis kindness ard consideration, out
he don't ssy a word about supporting him ior
renomination.. He reluctantly accepted ene
office of collector because he apprenenaeo ~
wm,t, seriously interfere with, his business,
and especially with his independence as jour-
uaIlst. .sAfter ten months experience ne Is en-
tjrely Confirmed in this impression, all OF which
means that whilst, be held office ne was upder
ohl,oat,ous fo' maintain the administration and
support Grant, and that he has, In the mean
time, been ,forcedto do violence 70 MIS- oe1ter
Judgment, and that now he throws OF the ON
eIai shsckles, and ia free to criLicisei; General
Grant .as a candidates for reelection TO the
office OF President. 1T is"a well-known iacs
that Forney is ;aots believer inithe greatpo'
lIticsi sssagacIty OF Grant, and does not approve
. NJ his management of party affairs lin some
respects, end We may in due time expect 10
hear frorn Forley to that effect.
A letter from Berlin, Prussia, states tnat
spirit Of speculation istaking possession OF
the staid people OF that great capital OF q mil
lion Inhabitants somewhat similar to That
which affected US toward the close OF our re-
cent clyn war. Most of the necessarles OF
lifs have, within few months, advanced
tbers twenty-five to fifty per cent. Real
estste. Ia speculative sections, has gone up
one hundred per cent. within year. Private
manufacturing concerns are being turned into
stock compaaies with generous caprals' ana
at least six banks have recently been formed
for the transaction of brokerage aud commits
sion business, in connection with deposit aud
discount, In one instance, the writer ts as
snred. where the capital OF the bank is two
million thalera, one prominent member Of the
Bourse has been paid four hundred thousand
thalers for his business name, and the same
broker employed to manage, The concern at q
salary Of twenty thousand thalers and hall the
profits. Forty per cent OF the capital has
been paid .up-probably no more will ever be
paid and although scarcely in operation, the
stock OF this bank Is being bought at an ad-
vance Of seventy-nve per cent. above par.
There Is no Imitation of the currency, but there
are wonderfully high hopes OF the future of
the capital Of the German Empire. That there
Ia. to be large amount of disappointment
and considerable financial disaster there can
hardly be doubt. The result in this country
fell far shert of prophecy, and 80 it will in
Germany.
"A New York letter Of Saturday says: The
mosc noteworthy sensation to-day was the
Indictment of Mayor Hall coojolntly with
Tweed and Sweeney, in the Court Of General
Sessions, of frauds against the city OF one
kind and another. After the indictments
were read, Mayor Hall rose and said: Il ap-
pear to respond to, the action Of this court.
Twice before it have I been counsel for
ofic ais charged with official misdemeanor.
One was Judge of this very tribunal. The
other was a former mayor. They were each
absolyed, as expect to be. am here to
efrer bail. lam here 10 waive all irregulari-
ties committed By The grand jury, and be-
lieve them to have been many. Nor do de-
mur to the Indictment, nor move to Guash 1t.
plead to the general issue and ask that an
early day be appointed for the trial. This is
manifestly due 10 The public and 10 the ac-
cused, who mas patiently awaited, through
much malice and persecution, his vlndicstion.
ask the earliest day-possbly Monday week.
Also, as it is announced that your Honor
leaves the city to obtain relaxation from
arduous labore, and desire immediate
trial. and aB the other Judge of this
fror, eocfal OnS IN act in