The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-30

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Tho extraordinary powers of resistance Of
the steel, compressed by hydraulic pressure,
OF which the new whitWorth gun is composed,
has been proven by one OF the experiments
msdeas the recens trial of the weapon. A
cylinder representing the chamber Of nine
pounder gun was loaded with one and halt
pounds Of powder, and being screwed up at
the shottsd end, was fired through touch
hole only yone=tanth, OF an Inch in diameter.
The cylinder did not burst, but the whole
charge Kissed through the touch hole, leaving
tho chamber nnInjured. This ALPHABETICALLY
oofainErSssssd steel furnishes metal Of the
greatest value, since, by using 1t, guns can bs
constructed which will combine a lightness
and power hitherto unsttainsble.
:.aMhAk the Radicals call ''Ku-K -Kluxism"
seems TO be taking new direction In North
Cas6Nrs.s:s The sBaleigh Sentinel relates sevel
raj instances Of the brutal treatment Of colored
men who support Greeley; by other colored-
msus the gradrstss Of the. Radical League of
the Bsate, who IS 'rah for Grant" In the case
Of the perseepted negroes,p efforts, were made
blythe Grant blacks to take their lives for no
reason. except that they have pronounced
themselves for Greeley. Outrageous as this
conduct is, the blame should not SO much rsat
upon tho negroea, ignorant and unthinking,
a. upon their Whita carpat-bag leaders, who In!
the councils Of their Loyal. League instruct
them TO, commit these excssses, and promise
them the eomtenance ofsthe administration,
aud III: :'in :unwsrsny ofnclais in the State, to
standbstween them and punishment.
THE Parts newspapers complain of great
falling ofY In the trade in Parisian articles.
NOT long ago the French commission Imer-
chants despatched TO tho retail houses abroad,
particularly to Italy, nine-tenths Of the entire
Paris production of toys and such Ike goods.
Germany sppearedas 9 purchaser to the e1-
tsnt of Q tanth af.the foreign export. In con-
sequence. OF. the, difference Of wages now,
however, the French commission merchants
do not supply more than atty per cent. OF
their orders from Paris. Prices continue
riding. For example, there has been an In.
crease Of tenper cent: in the cost of imple-
ments. .oftypography. As an instance OF the
growa efwsges, II 70 stated that In the MAJ
ufaoture Of aocofdeens, an article much sold
Tor expectation, ,ths Saxon workmen are ca
gagged at only sixty cents per day, while the
Fnanch maks from seysnsy-flve cents TO- one
doilsfir the same employment. =, o,.i ~, u.s.
The mailed hand begins to press heavily
in;Gsotgi&" The following incident, which
occurred near Gordon.l Georgia.,is narrated
by ithes Macon Telegraph: non Wednesday
night, about P. NJ, q band OF ten United
States sblddrs, led by sone brevet Official ap-
peared ct the dwelling OF DR.. J. B. Terrell. In
quest Of; the doctor. and his son, who were
from nome. They entered the house and
searched tha premises In the rudest manner,
violating with their rufian presence the sleep:
ing chamber of twoi young, ladies, and even
tearing frum their persons the bed covering
which prdiected them. Disappointed at not
hndibgsthssr prey, they then visited -other
domicils and, arrested and bore sway with
them MessrA VIM. Fountain, Vim. -Oaifn, VIM.
Bridges, Frank Remington, Edward Walker,
failroad agent, and James Fountain Not
content With TINS outraglng the, homes and
ps.sonaaot their victims, these exemplary
REPRESENTATIVES. stiyes Of Radical Law proceeded to
rins'the Poekets Of one Of their prisoners, Mr..
Wm. gcumnsasn m o. about fifteen dollars.n
-Theetheeiot United States Commissioner
Davenport was crowded, Thursday morning,
with persons anxious to know how the ont
rage upon George A. Heinrich was to be de-
clded. The man stahl, for contempt Of whom