The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-27
NEWS OF 7uEDAE

Lake Erie will dry up in about IL, 500 years.
The newest square dance is called tns
"Psramrd.
The cranberry crop OF Cape Cod, 1t II
feared, will be q failure.
The Boston jubilee Coliseum Is to be sole
ut auction. 5q,g = .u!.-,&.. i.
The Ticbborne claimant Is to be tried, iol
perjury next week. -
The EpglisA papers predict much distress
In Great Britain this winter.
There is said to be gold In sea water aoon
one grain OF gold to one ton OF water.
-snnnyslde, President MadIson's home IL
ylrpiuIa, has recently been sold for $500.
One OF the London newspapers announces
that Nj, Charles Dickens, Jr., will sail for the
United States next spring. ~.
"A movement is In progress to establish
nav Democratic organ at Washington, D. G.,
To be called "Fhe Federal Democrat" ."
Miniature conservstorles are the latest
thIne, IN drawtng-room furniture. They are
of glass. about the size Of piano, and are
supposed to contain choice plants and flowers.
The appetite for divorce grows. In Lou
dom In 1861 shere were two hundred and siA-
ty:one applications for divorce; In 1870 there
vera three hundred and eighteen, aud In 1871
the number had increased to four hundred
and twenty-five. -. l,s..s........
TT Is Is seriously stated that the main point
of the eefsnce In the next trial Of Stokes will
ba that Colonel Flax had pistol 10 his hand,
and that the fatal shot was from this pistol
John Walter, Esq, of the London Times,
recently hai all his literary and mechanical
stan-over three hundred in number-at his
country seat, Bearwood Hall, and gave them
q. grand banquet. The only newspaper man
in this country who does the same kind OF
thing, though on larger scale, is Mr. chllds,
oftsbe Phiisdephia Ledger. He takes his
entirs force to Atlantic City or some other
plsce,, gives them a superb entertainment,
makes many presents, and keeps the lives of
his princlpal editors, clerks, workmen. &c.,
well insured. for the benefit Of :heir families.
iAExperfu,ents have recently been made IN
England, with new parachute light ball, to
be1ired frou1 q mortar, to light up an enemy's
posItIos. The invention consist Of thin iron
ehefi formed by two hemispheres riveted
together, ingide Of which are two other Iron
hemispherea, the lower one filed with infsm-
mable composition and the upper one with q
calico parachute, packed lightly In and at
taohed to the case by cord; this last hemls-
phere Ia attached to the one outside Of 1t BY two
chains. The parachute is connected with the
lower hemisphere. which tolds the compost
uon. by ropes attached to three chains hooked
into the hemisphere. The upper outer hem
isphere has socket for fuse, and two lead.
ers of quick-mateh pass round from the latter
to the bottom Of the hemisphere which con-
tsius. the light composition. and which Is
pinned with the ordinary fuse composition.
The compound for the light is nearly the same
asthat ueed for signal lIghts, and consists Of
saltpette tground,) sulphur (subllmed,) and
sulphide Of arsenic. In forming these light
balls,tne fuse ls bored 30 as ignite the quick
match and printing Of the light, sufficient
forcea being thus obtained to separate the
halves or the outer she'll and release the para.
chute, which expands, and, with the hemis-
phere holding The. composition burning
brightly iom the. vent hanging from 1t, Is
supported In the air and descends slowly. The
rssuls ofsthe experiments is said to. have been
satisfactory. ar i.a.E" .Ji,Ghr S3,.- 'issj - =
-.Thea English press is hailing Biz Bartle
Frers as Wilberforce and an everybody else
whOse name has come to typify philanthropy,
because he is going In the service of the
British Government to arrest the slave-trade
carried on al Zanzibar, where from tweoty
Thousand to thirty thousand slaves are annual
" exported. On the part Of some, however,
there 4s q alspesiaoa manifested to doubt the
sincerity of this demonstration, when Eng
lIdhtnen are allowed to pursue the dIabollcal
tratiic IN English ships, with the knowledge OF
the government, on the coast OF Australia. A
recent case has been brought to light in Mel
bourne, In which DR.. Murray, owner Of a
brig, vent out to kldnap natives In the South
ern seas. The Melbourne Argus tells how it
was done. The natives were Invited to come
from their islands In boats to trnde in provis-
ions and when they were alongside of the ship
heavy pieces Of iron were flung on the canoes
uultl they were upset; when as many of the
struggling wretches as did not drown were
taken from the water and thrown into the
hold, and the hatches battened doWn. On one
voyage, however, some eighty savages gave
vent TO their despairlng rage In wild cries and
attempts to IRE the vessel, when Murray aud
his crew deliberately fred among them all
night long In the morning they went down,
brought up the dead first, and then the wound
ed;iwho.vere tied hand and foot and thrown
into the:water. Murray falling sick, confessed
his terrible crime, but 1t was not an uucom-
mon one, for the slaves brought $50 apiece in
open market at Melbourne, and the British
Government knew it.
"A man, remarkable for the achievements
Of bis life but unknown to extended fame,
namsd P:ncou, has recently died In Paris. He
was one Of the greatest photographers of the
sgs; but doing his great work in so retiring q