The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-04
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uplands lid, Orleans lllalli; Gales 5000 bales
CHARLES Manly presides over the soutf
Baptist Educational Convention at Nashville
Nearly all the Southern States are repre-
sented.
There are one hundred and fourteen per
sons lusthe Japanese Embassy, among them
i've princesses, who are to come mere u
mine hundred families Of the laborine
Door OF, toldon. are provided with clean
healthy and comfortable homes. at rents
almost nominal, through the generosity Of the
late ,Mp. Peabody
---Dispa, ches received from Lexington (Va.)
rom New Orleans state that 3. H. Bayly, oi
thelattet city, In Will just proved, gives
l7o 1000 cash to washington and Lee Uni7ersl-
~ to endoW Il proifessorship to bear his name.
Under sthe head Of "a Revolution in
Paris,' the London Globe. says: 1.-THE Trolls
Ereres Progepeapx. has closed In consequence
of.the expiration Of the lease. This simple
anueaac snsnt; will cause more emotion
among European and American eplcures than
ycoritftheidesttnotion OF an hundred palaces OF
'SS~<AS~
-phliadleiphia is making extensive prepara.
.tIops fps tae reception Of the centennial COM
mlssianers WHO are. to meet in that city next
month for general consultation, as to the best
and most appropriate lplan for the celebration
afthe oentennlal anniversary of our independ-
eues ia 1876. The city council have appro-
priated.twenty-hve thousand dollars for the
:antarfafnrnent Of these commissioners during
thsifi ssts!yi in that city.
sfhe key. George q. Hepworth has stimu-
lated subscriptions to the amount Of over
Yioo.O6OI his new church in. Brooklyn, New
Ydtk:%.It is 20 be OF iron, N what goes BY the
'nanrsof Tabernacle style, and is to seat twen-
Il. 1--we hundred persons. Among the sub
scripiionsi are found the names Of several rail-
road kings, xho, as the Brooklyn Eagle says,
Seem recently to have become interested In
religious matters, like Fisk. Jr., who iran" a
eolored church in New York aud paid all lis
expenses. ~ His grim reason was that "he sup
ported black. Christians because there were no
white Christians in New York.
Tile practical value of the signal service
has been dendohstrated by the results accom-
pllshea during the first year in the way of pro-
tectlon 10 lie and property at sea. The last
year was NOTED for storms and gales unusually
severe. and sudden, Nevertheless, COM
.parisan of two months Of November aud De-
cember of 1870 and 1871, shows falling OF OF
marine disasters from three hundred aud six
ty.sisin 1870 to two hundred and thlriy-three
in 9sFl:, The number of men lost In the same
time diminished from ninety-seven to twenty.
three. The gain is principally In the classes
of disasters against which The signal bureau
ofers projection.
The, Emperor of Japan recently called his
mobiles together, and delivered message
touchlbg the educational interests OF the
). people. It Is remarkable document, and fully
confirms the reports Of the revolution ofldeas
which. has taken place. in Japan. The Mikado
declares That the ancient system has been
changed. and. that o new departure has been
made. He not only advises his subjects to go
abroad andstady the systems Of other nations,
but declares thatther Is not the slightest OBJ
lection 10 taking their wives, daughters and
sisters with them that they may learn In other
countries the best manner Of instructing chill
dren:
s%-The wages paid to the drivers and coz
;.ductors of the city railway cars In New York
samouit to fourteen dollarsper week. Of this
Sum, the conductors, 1t is asserted, are COM
PEELED 10 pay about twelve dollars AID hall
as blaSkmail to the starters, receivers and
drivera, leaving only legitimate profit Of ore
dollar and a half per week. Under these cir:
cumstances,; 1t is said, the conductors are
obliged to- steal In order to support Lhem-
selves and their families, and the managers OF
the New York Passenger Railways are CEN
sured for not paying fair wages to their en-
ployeea, and tor notsssppressing the black.
mail system. -.
II Japan correspondent Of the New York
Tribune describing the recent celebration Of
!: The Mikado's birthday, says: Throughout
.the morning, the throngs which assembled on
Til; hill of Kudan- the favorite holiday resort
~ OF 2 Ysddo1Were amused by daylight fire.
+ iSa works IA species of fpyrotechnlo display which
= really yrsurpasses in ingenuity anything OF the
kind that Western nations can exhibit.
Bombs: of different sizes are sent high into the
airy and, exploding, discharge sometimes
-Yariously colored smoke, which Is made 10
assume singular and usually symmetrical
forms, and sometimes neatly-folded packages
of wire and paper, which unfold themselves
.s4nto parachutss of great bulk and dexterous
8 design ;Thsselatter may be fish, which swim
ttleisureay through the atmosphere to the
ground; or snakes, which writhe themselves
away osef The tree-tops; or great birds, that
hover kite-lfke aud motionless for an incredi-
bly, long TIME. Occasionally they take the
shape Of cottages, temples, human beings,
maeniaed crests OF daimios, trees, and
flowers, almost anything that lively lnven-
Gtioh can Suggest. The smoke figures, how
ever, are the Hesl surprising. One of the
most frequent attempted is cultle-hsh, with
a body Of thick, trufiginbus black, and arms of
:t5fpbter hEeS: e'of course, the illusion is very
brfearns; wind not ALLOWING the smoke to re-
.ansfri anutssanbed for more than few seconds
but while 1t lasts it Is perfect" !"
-1pEs .wIntefeeason has been of unusual
severity in the Far West, and many are the
stories that might be told of terrible suffering
and death on the frozen and snoW'sound