The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-11
NEWS OF THE DAP.

;. NEWS OF THE DAP.
John Morrissey was 1000 out by Long
fellows victory.
-DIsraeli is reported at work on another
novel.
The foreign commerce of New Orleans is
RAPIDLY extending. Twenty ocean steamships
now ply between that port and Europe. TWO
,,nes run to Germany and two others to Liver
pool, and within the present year other lines
to British ports are to be established.
THE animals In the Central Park, at New
York. It ia said, suffered terribly from the heat
last week. Large tanks of water were Kept
constantly filed, and in these they lay, and,
with lolling tongues and bloodshot eyes.
passed away the long and melting day. Tne
elephants chained to staples on the green,
tore up the sod with their trunks and car
peted their backs with the cool earth, pre-
senting an extremely laughable spectacle.
"A Washington telegram says: "Recent ad-
vices from the South represent the cotton
crops In Tennessee and In the northern parts
of Georgia and Alabama as In the mosbfaVora-
ble condition known for long time. IL is
cslcn ted that the average increase in Ten
nessee will reach three per cent above the es-
Inmates of the agricultural bureau, and at
least fifteen per cent. over the average OF the
corresponding crop for last year. There IS an
abundant supply of labor, and the requisite
energy t. carry on the business"
Decidedly unique feature of the Exposl-
t,on At Vienna. Austria, will be the baby de.
partment. 1t Is not proposed to have an ex.
hibitlon of infants, but to make colectlon OF
nnrsery furniture aud the mechanical ap-
plIances by which the babies Of different coun-
tries are reared, amused and instructed.
There is said to be great anxiety on the part
of the direction to procure large representa-
ton from America, for the reason that we are
supposed, to have some smart way OF "tend-
Ing" children, and thus making smart adults.
The New York Herald makes no bones
about admitting that, politically, it is ION the
fence.n At the head of its editorial columns
IN Monday -hal tha following naragraDh:
tsGreeley and Brown"-"Grant and Wllson."
Under the above headings we furnish in other
columns the gleanings from some OF our yes
terdag,s exchanges In regard to the two tick
cts. Without expressing q preference Jor
either we advise our readers to peruse these
brief sclntillatioDs of the partisan press, and,
a. they pay their money, take their choice"
"A letter has been written by Mr.. W. N.
Saunders, prominent colored citizen and
customhouse officer of B.!Iimore, TO Hon.
Henry stockbrIdge, chairman of the Baltimore
delegation to the late Republican Convention,
returning thanks for the honor conferred oy
placing his name on the Grant electoral ticket
for Maryland, aud declining the same. In
conclusion, he says: ~ shall, in my humble
sphere, advocate the obliteration of old party
lines and the sustenance oil q new party, 80
composed as to give promise of successfully
msste?log the problems of the present and
future under the leadership Of that grand old
veteran of equal rights, Horace Greeley,
whose record and whose whole life ia sufii-
cient guarantee that the rights of all men will
be protected under bis administration"
The Tchborne claimant is continuing his
triumphal procession through England, daily
gaining not only proselytes but considerable
sums of money. On the evening Of the Gath
ult., accompanied by his steadfast friend, Mr..
Onslow, NJ. P, he addressed another meeting
at Southam. The claimant spoke for twenty
minutes, and demanded an early trial. Reso-
lutions In his favor we're passed as usual, and
With an entrance fee of 2s Sd. there were some
eight hundred people present. 1t seems curl
GUS In an important legal case yet pending
one of the principals should 60 about the
country not only manufacturing public opin-
lon but collecting funds, to the tune OF five
hundred dollars per night, for the purpose of
defending himself. But some queer things
are done In Old England In the present day.
.-rhe census bureau are now putting out
some of the most interesting footings of the
canvass of 1870. One result arrived at is the
Increase In the number Of female workers
from 1860 to 1870 aud the withdrawal OF wo-
men from work as age grows upon them. In
The sexes, the working classes are only two.
thirds more of males than females In early
life. and only about one.third of both sexes
are engaged In galDful labor, or, say twelve
and half millions of the $4,000. 600 Of people.
In the first period, of ten to fifteen years old,
the number of female workers is about one
third the male; in the second period, from six
teen to ffty-niue. 1t Is about one-slxth, and In
the last period, sixty and upward, 1t is only
one-twelfth. Of the whole people only
l.lOO, 600 are returned as engaged in trade
and transportation, and this is half million
more than In 1860. or an increase OF ifty.fve
per cent.
The New York Sun says that when old
man Harper brought his stud of horses North
he had white jockey. The boy soon be-
came intimate with many patrons of the turf,
and drank and smoked with them. He was a
general favorite. As soon as the old man
found out that the sports and knowing ones
knew the boy, he telegraphed for his colored
Jockey, John Sample, who rode Longfeow
at Lexington. When the bell rang for the
riders to mount the white boy came out. Ap-
parently not noticing him, Uncle John told
the darkey to step on the scales. Finding he
weighed one pound too much he made him
run round the track and sweat the extra
pound away. The experiment was success
full, and the darkey won the race. 1t Is said
that while the white boy is richer by several
hundred dollars, some politicians are OF the