The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-29
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THURSDAY, FEBaUARY;2s; 1s7a.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Gold closed yesterday at4u3, sr%ts:
in New York cotton closed dull and nom
inal; uplands 22s cents; sales sl3 bales.
The Liverpool cotton market closed dull l!
uplsnds .,iaalltd, Orleans llsd; sales la,oe
bales.
Judges Barnard and Gardoza. Of Ne'
York, who are believed to have been anon:
the strongest bulwarks of the Tammany AM
Erie rings, have been themselves brongnl u
Judgment, They have for some days past peer
undergoing species of trial before commit
tee of the Legislature designated to investigate
Shs utiltzatloni 8 i5of of Coal dust, BY adapting II
to the use of fuel, is sald to have become a NIX
ed fact. Reside the coking Of, the bltnminouE
coal dust, both the anthracite and bitaminous
dusts are now compounded with clay ana satu'
rated with benzine and rosin, and then mould
ed Info form for market, being termed artfd'
cIal fuel. This fuel is well adapted to all pur-
poses where great lnteaalty Of combustion is
not deslfed-for domestic purposes particular
". and for the production of steam in station
ary boilers.
3 The hog has the name Of being the most
stupid Of animals; and vet the reputation is
fsr rom deserved; for many Instances might
be mentioned where hog showed Itself as
tractable as the most intelligent of dogs. An
EpeBsh, gameks has NIecent'y broken a
black sow to hunt game In the woods, and she
ran in the hunt with wonderful success. She
would track game, back and stand, and point
paftridgssssS; IS Spheasants, sfipes aud rabbits as
akfltaIIy as bred pointer. She would bound
( in response to whistle, and would wag her
head and squeal with delight on being shown y 4
gun. II
JEFF. Thompson, the e1- Confederate gene
raj, Is serving as surveyor-seneral under War
moth.. He :is adescrlbed as "very queer
chicken, possessing the necessary faculty Of
closing an eye to a cheap piece of canal or
levee, and submerging his politics beneath
the Water-level Of his interest. Long, gauni'
usIy and garrulous, JEFF. haunts the saloons,
and takes the oath of allegianoe:(wlth alltlle
sugar) :as often as his fellow citizens invite
him. His stock remark Is: Il changel my
religion every week, my politics every day and
my opinion every hour--and yet can't keep
up.'" S
"A California paper tells of dance which
took place recently in wine tank. It says:
ia large party of ladies and gentlemen, invi-
ted TO The dedicatory ceremony Of dancing 10
one Of the largest vats inihe United States,
were in attendance, and participated In the
hospitality of one of the most enterprising
winners in California. The monster tank was
lii M: the musicians announced: Take your
partners for q quadrille,' and dancing COM
menced after the old Bavarian style-while
one set danced, there was plenty Of room for
twenty spectators and the musicians" The
vats have capacity for fifty thou: and gallons.
"A Washington letter tc the New York
Tribune says: '.Mr. schurz is particularly
happy In sudden retorts, and his recent dis
putes with Morton and Conkling brlstled
with sharp points. His reply to Conkling the
other day. when the New York senator read
from German administration paper 10 prove
that the course of Mr.. Schura toward the
President was not approved by the GerrnsEc ,:.c
Soters, was perfect; The paper propose to
ouote from said Conkling, looking savagely
at his adversary, is published in Chicago, and
ia called the Staats Zeitung. Am L right?
sYes, air. Instantly replied schurz, and 1t Is
edited BY the collector of Internal revenue
Thers was burst Of laughter at this. on the
floor as we'll as up stairs, and though Mr..
Cenkling was not disconnected, tfor ne Is so
vain that nothing puts him out the quotation
was utterly ruined for his purposes, and ten
upon deaf ears"
The Atlantic steamships, during this
winter, have suffered severely from the tenn
pestuous weather. Two steamships have been
Withdrawn for repairs, several have been
Obliged TO put into Halifax fer, coal, and the
schedules of sailing days Of all the lines have
been disarranged. The steamship heiVetla,
which arrived at New Yorkon February Il,
aYna-ienced q continuous hurricane from Jan.
nary 81 to February 9, period Of ten days,
during which two seamen were swept over
board, and the heavy waves broke Eole
elrht feet long and two feet wide IN tie
smoke-stack, wrecked the bridge between the
wheel.houses and tore away the hteboats.
The new steamer Republic, which arrived at
New York on February IA from Liverpool, re-
nOrCGQ lGrEluA0 WeooaSA VIZ WV Fe~S~~o~f
furious seas boarding the ship, twisting and
displaclng heavy iron castings, and oalterlne
and destroying everything.
"A curious piece Of litigation growing
out Off an action for breach Of promise 0
marriage, has just been decided In England
The lady who originally brought the actor
gained a verdict. But the faithless swain add
ed to the original enormity of his tersiyersa
ton by taking refuge in technical quloole
The marriage promised was only to take plac'
on the death of his father, and he appealed t
the Exchequsr Chamber in arrest ofjudsment
on the ground that though he had announced
his intention of not fulfilling the engagement
vet that no breach Of contract would TAX
place TILL the contingency under which th'
promise had been given arose. The Exeheque
Chamber decided in his favor, but on an ap
peal 10 court of error this Judgment was re
Yersed, and the original verdict for the plain
tiff established. Notice OF an Intended breacl
of contract TO be performed In the future i
equivalent to a breach of it; and the lord chic
Justice held that the fact of the future perform
ance depending on contingency did notalte
the state OF the case.
The recent terrible scene In an Englis
mensperle came near being duplicated
Uodnocday where the menagt