The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-27
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NEWS OF THE DAY.


Fans made of the scales off1sh have oeel
introduced. .
Colonel Claflin has bought some silver
spurs.
CARLYLE was offered a thousand pounds oy
an English cou2try newspaper TO write al
account of Derby Day with his name appended,
General Joe Hooker offers to bet s5O,ooo
that DR.. Horace Greeley will be elected Presi-
dent In November.
1t is stated that Mr. Mallory, eX-secretary
of the Confederate Navy, is about to publish
novel for young people.
-"Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care
No one knows how dearly she paid for
her hair" Hood Modernised.
"A foreign correspondent says that on the
night of June 10 an attempt was made to
blow up the statues of the Prince Consort and
Lord Carlisle in Dublin.
The Greek Consul at New York has re-
ceived letter from the minister Of f~fors,s o, Il Il
affairs stating that the report Oh sena'ns
criminals from Greeeeto tne United States IS
an odlous and absurd fasenood.
MIR. Seibert, resident of New York, has
presented the Emperor William with several
tame stays. His Majesty, on accepting the
glft, took occasion to thank the Germans IN
America for their patriotism. "a
The Postoffice Department has selected
an open card under the new law providing for
one cent postal cards. A card with one side
enveloped would probably have been selected,
but that a card ofthat description would have
been subject to regular letter postage under
the law.
England was alarmed week or two ago
on account OF sensational report which told
of steady and great decrease In English
herds. Enthusiastic people formed a solemn
league and covenant by which they bound
themselve to eat no veal henceforth and for
ever.
The Burmese Embassy, which recently
landed in England, brought costly presents,
among which was magnificent bracelet for
s-r----c-s>--~---A.-A- --'r-I-
seven pounds She can't wear 1t on all occa-
sions, but 1t will do when she wants to lay
heavy hand Oh somebody. ,i
Mr.. Vernon Harcourt has written another
letter to the London Times on the chances OF
invasion, matter which recently has greatly
agitated the British mind. He holds that no
possible Increase of the land forces can pre-
vent a landing, while even moderate naval
opposition will make such a disaster impossi-
be.
At recent woman suffrage meeting In
London the hall was 80 crowded that when
the speakers arrived they could not get in.
Mrs. Professor Fawcett and others climbed in
by ladder at window, back OF the stage,
and when she came to speak said: 1--WE are
old that women have not so much energy as
men. I deny 1t. A moment ago was out
side of this room in the thick of this crowd,
with Mr.. Arthur Arnold. Mr.. Arthur Is still in
the crowd. I am here" The little woman
was roundly applauded. i,.c
An extraordinary suicide recently occurr-
ed In England. A boy aged ten years, after
leaving school, told g playmate that he was
going to commit suicide, and gave him q
knife to take care Of for him. He then walked
TO pond near the school, but finding the
water was not deep enough, he made his way
to q railroad crossing, and deliberately laid
himself on the rails In front of an approaching
train, and was killed instantly, his head being
severed from his body. The fireman of the
engine states that he saw the boy when the
train was l60 yards of. He raised his head
from the rails few inches, and when he
heard the engine approaching, he put his
hands to his face. o:e.
General Howard and his delegation of
and had an interview Monday with the COM
missioner Of Indian affairs. They are very
dark in color, and inferior in mental and ply
sical appearance to the delegations of the
Northern tribes who were In Washington, and
have anything but q warllke look. They are
not painted, and do not dress in Indian tog-
gerry, but are clad in ordinary civilized attire.
Asthe Secretary of the :tuterior was absent,
the interview resulted in p IH!9thiag; but several
of the Indians expressed themselves delight
ed with what they saw In the white mans
land, and asked for schools for their children.
Great confidence Ia expressed in the results of
this mission, as all previous efforts to keep this
tribe on peace footing have heretofore
failed. sJS.i i
-GA.NOVGTuUC- pkoufGto tueI Tie Con-
servatives will carry the. North Carolina Leg
islature by a large majority, and even hopes
for two-thirds vote, in which case the adop-
tlon of the desired constitutional amendments
VIII be assured. If the Baltimore Convention
endorses Greeley he can easily carry North
Carolina by ten thousand majority. The main
strength of the Radical party, according to the
Governor, is in the prostitution of the revenue
service. The government officials buy without
scruple many men with government money
and patronage, and they manage to get others
into trouble about whiskey and tobacco, bring
indictments against them, and then agree to
etthem off If they will vote the regular Re-
publican ticket. In some cases, where they
cannot trust the enforced convicts, they hold
the proceedings over them In terror until after
the election. all this Governor Vance will
denounce on the stump, with his accustomed
power, aHd the result may be fatal to the hopes
of the Radicals. North Carolina will poll
strong vote In August, and the Conservatives