The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-03
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

uplandB 234 cents; safes 4l'Daies.
At Liverpool cotton was quoted strong at
the close; uplands ll@lltd; Orleans ll4@ll5d;
seles 10, 900 bales.
-Tyndan, the brilliant scientific lecturer,
has definitely fixed, it is said, upon a lectur-
Ing trip through the United States during the
ear.
TIL German singing societies OF Philadel-
phia have voted to give a grand concert and
torchlIght procession to the composer, Franz
Abt, on his visit 10 that city, May 18th.
"A bill is pending in the New York Legis-
lature 10 pay railroads two cents a mile for
transporting soldiers during the war. Ii
passed, It will take one hundred million dol
lars from the State treasury.
--Goyernor Hoffman vetoes the New York
city charter on account of doubts as to the
constitutionality of tue cumulative system OF
voting n the dangerous plan of placing the
absolute control of the departments In a board
appointed by the council.
The American .Acclimatization Society
have Just received and set free o large number
tofthei English robin redbreasts, with the In
tention of introducing this bird In New
York, Familiarity known in Europe, but which
is entirely distinct from our American robin.
The track on the n~srrow-gauge North and
South Railroad having been laid for one mile
out from Columbus, Ga, the first locomotive
trip was made over 1t on the 26lh instant,
Everything worked Ito q char Construc.
. ton trains will hereafter run regularly. Track
LAYING will be continued at the rate of about
FIVE miles per month.
"A new line Of steamers, 10 be known az
the "Staten line, is to be laid on between
Scotland and the United States. The New
York Express says: SIT Is intended to start
the State line with six vessels, to be named
respectively che Pennsylvania, the Georgia,
the Virginia, The Louisiana, the Minnesota
and the Alabama. Three of these vessels are
intended 10 trade between the Clyde aud New
York, the other three being for the Liverpool
aud New Orleans service. The latter three
vessels are 10 be Of Two thousand, two thous-
and two hundred aud two thousand four q
dred tons respectively, while the remaining
three for the New York trade are to be OF two
= thousand four hundred tons measurement re-
q spectively."l
The lo%ng-pending investigation into the
a ancial affairs Of the Methodist Book Con-
!, Germ is at last .spparently coming to an end.
.The,expert detailed to examine the books has
made his report on the various charges
brought against the management by Mr.. Lana
han. The length of lime taken TO examine
the accounts-two year, examination for less
Than four years OF busines-shows that their
system Of bookkeeping was original, II not
wholly unique. In the matter OF paper iur-
>, nished, it is said the accounts, almost without
exception, were with a son-in-law OF the man
ager, who was a jobber and nota manufactur-
en- OF paper. The cashiers department, it Is
alleged, was a loan office, where temporary
impecrhious brethren, both lay and clerical,
could 'sraise the wind. UP to this period the
investigation shows no Eerifcatton OF con-
scious frauds, only gross mismanagement and
unbusinesslike conduct of affairs.
The labor troubles In Germany are assum-
ing vast proportions, and al Berlin thousands
r;of workingmen are out Of employment The
masters of three leading sources OF employ
ment-masons, carpenters and builders
have Joined in the lockout movement against
tQ6 m6u. 1EUuOlSS uoFO OucuSu IL -
streets. The discharged SWorkmen have is-
sued q united appeal to the people at large
: for support. They discountenace the use Of
force and threats to prevent others from
working. As most Of these men belong to
!. socialist societies, .the danger" OF giving
them so much time 10 talk politics is worry
ing Bismarck aud his Imperial Majesty, Tor
the intense excitement which has been mani
tested throughout Germany over the trial Of
three Radicals, of the most ultra kind. at
Lelpsio recently, for disseminating exasper-
atlng literature" shows how strong a hold
Democratic ideas have taken upon the sub
jects OF the Kaiser.
latest East Indian files, the murder Of Lord
Mayo was expiated by the execution of the
murderer, Shere Ali. The criminal, as has
already been stated, was q person Of some
consequences and %iulrepidity. The latter
quality was shown plainly by the bold manner
in which the murder was committed. Pre-
vious to the execution Shere Ali confessed
~ that he had intended to dispatch both LORD
MAYO and General Stewart, but, ''by the will
Of. God" the General was saved by falling
back at the critical moment to give orders to
the troops. Tue murderer gloried greatly
in his deed, down TO the last moment OF
his life. He said he had no confederales,
that the matter was altogether a personal
one. He hoped his name would be cele.
brated in his country for the deed which he
had done, aud that a monument would be
raised to his memory by his fellow-country-
men. This ieeling pervaded his naive coun.
trymen to a great extent; and the native Off.
Ger to whom Shere Ali communicated his de
sire for glory promised to write an ode on the
assassination, which should be sung by the
murderer's country men, and he obtained from
Shere Ali a piece of his clothes to be placed
in the tomb which he expected would be
erected to his memory. When the criminal
ascended the gallcws he asked permission to
die with his face toward Mecca. This ives
granted; and while he pronounced a fervent
Mohammedan prayer tie drop fell, and life be-
came extinct after twelve minutes violent
struggles and commissions.
Warrington advices states that it Is semi
officially announced that, as the case between