The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-23
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!. TUESDAY, JANUARY, ,as. 1872.
I.NEWs;OFTHE DAY.

.>-Gold closed yesLeIuaS o' ""os
..-Ih New york. cotton closed quiet; up
fands22{ cents; sales 1890 bales. . =.
.MaIThhs Liverpool cotton market closed quiet
and steady; uplaads losd.; Orleans loBd'; sales
$4,000 BALES 's
e-EdmGnd Yates, the novelist, will visit
America next fall, and lecture on Dickens,
Thackeray and Jerrold. -
Tie Hi London Lancet thinks that during the
coming spring, or early in the summer, chol-
era ,i win reappear in Western Europe.
There are signs OF breaking up In the
ranks Of the Republicans in France. The De-
mSocracy Scatc Of Gambetta is too mild to suit the
extreme tendencies OF the day.
The great firms throughout England are
one by one yielding to the demands OF the
woorrk1nien for reduction in the hours OF laoor
to hfty.foIr per week.
4APresiaent Grant has made good his detail
cation by giving his check for $4,000 to balance
his little account which has been stanolng
apai1fgt &ifn ID the treasury since he was an
army officer: > ~
,.--:Nexxt Friday is set down for the execution
of George Bolts fol: the murder of "PeL" Hal
stead,G fhe hanging will be conducted with
fhes httnbst privacy. Few persons will be ad-
mtttaad outside Of the proper officers and pro-
pefly accrttiit press representatives. .
THE wear wei 'andtear ofpolitics has worn out
General Tr3chu, who has BEEN, since the fall
OF Paris, one OF the most roundly abused men
of France. He is now said 10 be awaiting the
period when. he, will have The right to retire as
8 general, which will be three mohths hence'
before resignIng his seat in the French As
semuiy and retiring completely Into that prl-
yacy which lie SO ardently. coEets.
The Dukes Of, B1ccleuch and Devonshire,
with whom are associated number OF Eng
ush capitalists, have set about creatisg great
port ,on the Lancashire coast, to rival Liver
uool. The site is Barrow-in-Furness,a and Is
not unknown,to the mercantile world IN con-
nection, with its Bessemer steel works. which
Weld profit of f5OO, 900. There has also been
erected there quite recently very extensive
1ute works. T
-Mr. Henry Snapp, new member OF Con-
oress ftom:nlinolb, made his maiden speech
lat wwssk against the civil service reform, he
was surrounded by o crowd Of members
chiefEY Democrats, and 6 reporter says that,
aailuding 10 The, latter, he said; you are
hungry for offices, but you can't come 1t.
with this the gentleman placed his thumb on
his nose and wriggled his fingers, In token Oh
supreme contempt.
when Utah becomes too Gentle for the
Mormons they might emigrate to Inc eAtrene
northern waste of Siberia, where polygamy Is
nracticed to an unlimited extent by the tribes
inbabl,ing the country. Each man mas as
many nv rwiyes as he can keep, the women, II
thew do not suite the tastes or expectations Oh
their husbands, Icing discarded and sent back
to their parents after few weeks probation.
N,scontfnct ON the part of vile is punished
nv tbae forfeiture of a portion OF the offenders
nose, and many victims OF this rigorous Ia"
are tobe met with. ....
,.-Washington advices state that tne esu'
rostes for the next fiscal year call for over
4af,0 600. 900, of which little more tnan a
sb,rd mart are required to pay the interest on
the .uublic debt, the remainder being tor tne
ordinary expenses of the government. The
Senate costs over 100000; the House over
ssboo. 900; foreign intercourse over sl,ooo'ooo'
ibeimints and assay offices over s75c,oOO; the
inSo,leciiton of internal revenue and OF customs
1s0oo.00o apiece; the military establishment
ssi 600 600; the navy, SIS. 1000 900; the Indians
esno il0o. the Government Printing Office
nearly 50, ,OO0, 600; the storm signal service esA
than s2Oo, 900; Department salaries s5,Soo ooo,
and the Federal Judiciary nearly $4,000, 200.
-Aan new and substantially built brlck
theatre. called the Academy of Music, which
ID said to be as perfect in all It's appointments
a. anv theatre in tho West, was opened IN
,cb,ca9o last wednesday night, having been
hu,lt. foundations and all, inside OF Six weeks.
The erection of the building, which mas seat
inr capacity for. fifteen hundred persons, Is
described as something wonderful even for
Chicago. Masons, carpenters, plastereis,
feescoers, upholsterers, gas-ftters, painters
and scenic artists trod so closely upon the
heels of each other that BY the time the nrst
had finished their work the latter had almost
completed their labors a'so, aud this notwlth-
standing the fact that last December was tne
+. coldest ever known in Chicago, and that rom
beginnlng to end the contractors had 10 con,
fond AGAINST scarcity OF almost every KIND
of material needed for structure OF that char
acter.
The s.Coming Man" Of Wall street IS one
Henry Smith, formerly OF The firm OF Smith,
Gonld 4; Martin, but who withdrew some lime
aso. and has since been operating in his own
name. He Is described as young man, zen
erretic and foreseeing," and a bold, fearless
speeulator, who, having once calculated the
chances, perslstently pushes forward till sue
oessssis ss attained. he spends his whole time IN
Wall street, dealing almost exclusively in rail-
road shares-somelimes carrying millions OF
dollars, worth. 1t is predicted of him that his
immense railroad interests will yet necesstate
his becoming manager Of some one Of the
treat railroad corporations Vanderbilt, Gould
and other princes" !" recognize in him "a foe
man worthy of their steel" !" and prophesy that
he will become s'Dlctator" OF the street.
Smith, 1t seems. has already q large following
OF operators In Wall street, as has every new
man possessing audacity, originality and-suc-
cess!
An interesting discovery has been made In
the south of France. A distinguished geolo-
eist has found inthe Pyrenees, only q slight
distance below the soil, the remains of pre-
historic cities. The discoveries are very nu.
,oorona and ypIll holm In nnob;no ,ho ,,,,,o,,