The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-25
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25' 1872
NEWS OF THE DAE.


THURSDAY, JANUARY rs, 1872.
- NEWS OF TIE DAE
Gold closed yesterday at stas.
-.Tha New York cotton market closed quiet
at a5i cents for uplands; sales 1875 bales.
rInLiyerpool cotton closed firm; uplands
lotd: Orleans 1Osd; I; sales 5000 bales.
.Aitsisenot true that adoctor on the Itch
horne iury has complained that II he Is Kept
away, from his patients much longer they Will
allget well.
Russia is suffering from very singular
complaint, viz: A scarcity of officers for her
regular army. There are twenty-six hundred
and exty.three vacancies to be filled. -
-ANewburyport woman lately became the
happy mother OF trlplets, one of which mas
black hair, one red, and the other white. sne
won't have to tie pieces of ribbon on them to
knowt them apart. - =
-InNew York, on Sunday, Rev. Dr. J.D.
Bradley, known as "Father Bradley" OF the
Forty third street Pro, estsnt Episcopal Church,
announced his secession and adoption OF the
Roman Catholic religion. pr. Bradley. was
educated at Oxford University, England.
-On the 18th ultimo, in New Orleans, while
the. oircus.of James Robinson was parading
the streets, o dray collid-. with car, on top
of which was royal tiger. The animal was
20 greatly frightened by the accident that he
ruptured o blood vessel and died In few
minutes.
This is from pc.ch: "Music at home
Mrs.. Lyons Cnacer: How cruel Of you to get
up 80 suddenly, dear Mr.. Rumbletumski Is
anything wrong with the plano? Herr Rum
bletumski, with pardonable severity: No,
matam, put vos avraid dat inderrubted de
general gonversatlonr MIS-. Lyons Chacer: !:
sOh1 dear no Not at all . Pray go on"
The 8. Passion Pay" at the Oberammergau
seems to be.a very profitable speculation. The
total receipts are said to amount to $4,000 hs.
OF these, q, 900 have been the COST, divided,
amongst 600 co-operators; 10000 are laid aside
for the erection ofa theatre; 1900 are given to
the poor chest; 5000 for village improvements,
30. ;xhe balance carried over to the next re-
presentation is soo0.; -
There is now a large pear-shaped spot on
that side OF the sun that Is turned towards US.
It is about forty thousand miles in diameter,
which is equal to three-quarters Of minute
of an a.c-equal 10 an aogle subtended by 332
inches at distance of one mile from the eye.
ItisaEery good test Of the vision through
smoked glass, requiring ah eyesisht OF a little
more than the average penetration to see II
Without magniaer. The spot Is o little TO
the left, and about the slms distance below
: the apparent centre of the solar d.ss.
The ashes of Columbus, which have al
ready made as many voyages as the living
navigator, ore to be again disturbed. the
Hayaaese, who have had possession OF Inc
mortal relics of the disooverer Of America
since l746, propose TO remove them to new
cemetery, and erect over thsm suitable
monument. Undoubtedly, there are not lew
citizens of the United States who would be
glad to give something towards the cost of
such memorial, especially If they thought 1t
would some'day be included Within the limits
Of the Republic.
AT Newbury, England, gentleman re-
Gently made wager OF Ave thousand dollars
that, at s o'clock on a particular evening he
would sit down to dinner In wel-Woven,
welLdyed, well-made suit of clothes, the wool
of which formed the fleece on the sleeps
backs at five o'clock that same morning. The
sheep we're sshorn, the wool washed, carded,
stubbedy .roYed, spun aud woven; the cloth
was secured, fuled, tented, raised, sheared,
dyed and dressed; the garments were made
Ataauarter past six he sat down to o dinner
at the head Of his guests in compete dam
son.colored sult-thus winning his wager,
with one. hour and three quarters to spare.
The plea OF insanity Is taken by the courts
or England for no more than 1t Is worth. In
moment Of extreme passion the Rev. Mr..
Watson. q man of unquesiionable ability, but
of singular temperament, killed his wife, He
was engaged In writing book at the time,
and at two o'clock 10 tho morning his wife
entered his apartment and requested him to
90 to bed. He was enraged at the Interrupt
tionG and In one fatal moment accomplished
the dreadful deed. 1t would not be difficult
for an American lawyer to fix very fine plea
of ineaulty in behalf of Mr.. Watson, partlcu-
1arly as his actions AFTER the murder were
nearly voluntary confession OF murder. He
hasbeen tried, however, convicted and SEN
fenced to be hanged.
The "passive policy" will have lis first
trial In the fourth senatorial district OF Penn
sylvan:a. On Tuesday, January 30, an election
will be held in that district to fill vacancy in
the State Senate The Republicans have Q
mdierity, and the Democrats Will probably
make no nomination. The Republican con.
yention have nominated Mr.. Henry ". Gray
who is pledged to ''stand by" the Republican
caucuses in the Legislature, and Is support
er of General Grant, There:is. much dissatls'
faction With the nomination, because 1t Is as
serted that the caucus dlctation at Harrisburg
has made it impossible 10 reform abuses in
Philadelphia. We believe on'y one Republi,
can journal in Philadelphia supports Mr.. Gray
On the other hand, Colonel A. K. Mcclure has
accepted the nomination OF the reform Repub
licans. Colonel Mcclure is we'll known in ma
tional politics, and declares himself opposed
toGeneral Grants denomination. Most OF the
leading Republican Journals will support him
he proposes joint discussion with Mr. Gray
of the Issues between them. The canvass at.
tracts much interest, aud the politicians will
<k,,,.o .oruui In q tho1