The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-09
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SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1872.
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Eaold efosed yesterday at le4alot.
In New York cotton closed dull and nomi'
ra,. nnlands 22t cents; sales 20l6 bales. -r=-
1.-The liverpool cotton marketclosed neavs,
uplands lltall4d, Orleans lltd; sales lo'oyu ~:
bales. .o,,,rn,oo
1TheIFpenoh residents Of Boston haVeap-
nointed a committee of ladies to raise money
to nav the French war debt,
YSyia said thattithe snow blockade has
cost the Pacific Railroad Company twenty'nFe
thousand dollars aday. j. - s,; e z, - !. =:
s-Tbe efbort to induce Messrs. MIL ana aef-
bert ssr Spencer to visit America this season mas
failed. ..,,oa
-.Yherprospeetive convention OF. coloEea
man to consider their claims to the Vlce-Presl-
depcy viii be apt TO make colfax and WILSON
turn paml4T. 3E!5-f Ea S-2t IL
"A lively fight is being made 10 New hamp-
shlre BY both parties to carry the eiection IN
that State on Tuesday next.
-eJshileeD Gilmore, of Bostop, has the nrss
char,is bf 3&enty thousand vosces aready ail'
aad a second ls forming for the "internatona
concert The chorus is now rehearsing oy
sectienssr ,a;;a TIL ,M ,'Ss II kS-.t.
K western critic acntely observes that
sstbe same amount of energy and culture tna1
Wehli lavishes upon piano would wing tne
ami ,ofmunc, frum eR.shovet and tongsr 0
q pair Of ld-sashioned brass-mounsea anu
irons" M ,;a41lss-
Speaking of the cosmopolitan character 81
Nsw,Yotk; TIA Post, Of that city}says: "There
is q Norwegian community, and . sweoisa
community, aud a Polish community 10 Il this
city, 5usas nothing set as7nssiah ah'chnrSnaad OF
. Swiss military and charitable organization. .
And besides all this, We have a Welch place OF
worship, where clerGmanfrom GrythblWry'
lid can preach in his native consonants to the
exlles from the banks Of the flowing Ap-Mog.
uHfgEWilh, orittom the breezy heigats'o
Wrythwggldydldodd. .c.!i -5GA
The feat of "Herr Holtum the Prusslan
Hercules" who is astonishing the British by
catching, q bah fred from cannon, is said to
be neither novel nor difficult. The TACT ls
that about two ounces Of powder are placed
in the gun, then the balli rammed home' taen
ths balance of the charge Is put In, When Inc
oun Ia fred all the powder Is ignlted, and the
assh, smoke and report are orthodox. but the
ball receives propulsion only from the smah
Quantity of powder, behindh, and is thrown
Init very few feet. So accurately could the
force be estimated that at al experiment IN
Englaudinls atwelye ponnd baliRas thrown
AGAINST a board fehce 50 as to leave slight
dent on it Without knocking it down, .e,l-
Over two-thousand persons OF various
shades assembled In Steinwsy Hall, New
York. few evenings ago, to listen to the
sweet carolngs of Miss Nellie Brown and MISS
Marianne Williams, the two Atican-Amerlcan
prime donnes, who have lately nagnetizea
fashionable, colored society in that city oy
the,r.musical talents. Miss Nellie BrowI Is an
octcroon, with very handsome features, ana o
rarely sweet voice, of rather small compass az
present, but capable of fine cultivation. MISS
Brown has enjoyed the attention of the high
est colored families Of New York Tor some
time past, and she, is now about to proceed
to Itsly, to study mlusic and Improve her voice
under the great masters Of song. She has all
the, material to become fine singer, and Will
no doubt succeed In her laudable effort to
ascend the ladder Of fame. Miss ~illiams
sanp, in several concerted pieces, and dis.
/. n,ayed remarkable talent as vocalist.
News continues to arrive from Cape Colo
.rona the wonderful diamond fields Of South
Africa: and itsgeneral tenor is beginning to pc
somewhat more mourntul than formerly. The
precious stones. no, doubt, abouad, but, as
might have been expected, they are attracting
the rowdy and savage elements from every
direction, and Transforming the quiet digglDgs
Tito a scene of robbery, iawlessness, confu'
sion and violence, 80 that the gentler Of the
adyenturers' wish they were well away from
the place, and advise their friends to stay az
homer There is now at the fields popula'
,ton of about 10000. Ofthese atleast halfare
Observation-Disclosures, negroes, or Kaft1rs. Men
whose tribes have been at deadly feud Tor ages
work side by side. Most Of them are naked
sayages. unable to speak any language but
their own. The dlggers are not particular IN
such trIfles. Any one who can handle plck,
has quick eyes to sort, or knows the rudimen-
tary principles Of mule tending, Is welcome.
Thew arrive by hundreds; but there is room
for hundreds more. The price of ground al
the digglngs is going up rapidly. The rich
snots are not to be bought, save for more soV'
ereIeus than would cover the surface. AS an
instance, It is related that a man gave $500 for
bit of ground just the size of grave; f0o0
fora. quarter of claim that measures thirty
feet BY five and halt feet, is considered very
reasonable; and when only sl5oor 92Oe' Is
asked. the seller is regarded with suspicion.
Capital, evidently, ia desideratum IN Inc
sonth Africa diamond business.
"A St. John, N. B., correspondent OF the
New York Sun tells strange story OF the dis
ease, suffering and death which prevail
throughout small place In Gloucester Coun-
ty, N. B., called Tracadle. The popular dis
temper has been known to the physicians for
q long time, but they have been bafaed IN
their efforts to counteract and eradicate 1t.
According TO the correspondent, the disease
ia the genuine ancient leprosy, which was
communicated to the vicinity years and years
ap6 by the wrecking Of an Infected vessel
from the Levant on the Tracadie shore. Al
anv rate. all the Tracadians have 1t, and
.,nonlarly enough, are not able 10 transfer II