The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-17

Paper Ia now found to be applicable 10
The srts Of war. Cuirasses which will turn
the stroke of a sword thrust of o bayonet, or
the impact of q. ci6e ball, are now made OF
thIs material, and the inventor claims IL WILL
furnish a plating for war vessels OF greater
power of resistance than plating ofiron.
An apparatus has been lately introduced
,n,oiEnpllsh carriages, by means of which q
lady.inslde may communicates with the coach
man without opening the carriage WINDOWS.
II consist of q handle With = dial, BY moving
which q similar apparatus on the Dashboard
IA acted on. By this means the driver may
be directed when to stop, which way TO turn'
and similar messages, Without letting down
the carriage windows.
1.-The great rope walker, Blondin, whose
feats at Niagara some years since will be re-
membered, appeared at the sydenham Crys-
tai Palace tho other day, walking a rope hVe
hundred feet long and eighty feet from the
ground, clad In q heavy armor. Although a
high wind was blowing, he was daring enough
to walk the rope bllndiolded, afterWard IN s
sack, than with his agent on his shoulders,
Gaping the whole by cooking an omelette
poised on the middle Of the rope.
The London Times, In connection with
the recent attempt to swim across the English
channel, says: Tradition afarms that some
seventy years ago, three men convicted OF a
political offence, to escape punishment, swan
from Calais to Dover. One was drowned, the
other two landed on the beach, one In an
inter state of exhaustion, from which he died;
the third recovered and lived inthe town Tor
several years." The distance across the chan
nal from Dover to Calais Is about twenty-five
miles. but the current would probably nearly
double the distance for a swimmer.
The typographical Union ofsNew York
has made a decided move In Withdrawing
from .sThe workingmen's Union," which Or
ganIxatlon lately adopted a resolution making
it obligatory on all members to pay twenty
five cents a week during o strike by any SET OF
Workingmen. This direct tax on Industry 10
support Incidence the printers have deter
mined not to pay under any consideration, and
their secession from the union has given both
labor and capital q fair insight into the arbi-
trary practices of an organization which IN
Justly taxes the very men it processes to pro.
tect In their just rights and privileges.
sg-It is agreed by the New York press of all
shades Of politics that the great Liberal meet
Ing of Thursday night was the largest held IN
that city since the memorable meeting OF
April, 1861. Every foot of Union Square was
thronged. The crowds were Of course thicEest
about the speakers stands, where they listened
in perfect silence, broken only by applause.
But even beyond the reach OF the speakers
voices the dense masses stood packed, cheer
Ing the flags, the professions, the fireworks
and the louder bursts OF ~oratory. 1t was not
an ordinary mass meeting. 1t was a rendez-
vous of the people of New York. No less than
seven meetings were In progress at once,
densely attended and addressed by stirring
and popular speakers. 1t was one OF those
enormous demonstrations which are not pos
slble except to winning causes.
The Baltimoresns now seem to think that
the heavy failures In that city will not result
% dlssstrously to business interests there as
was feared. It is admitted that, tor q brief
season, the aggregate Of bank deposits Will
be diminished; but, at the same time, 1t Is con-
coded that the bank accommodations, though
temporarily lessened In volume, will be more
equally dlfrased through all the avenues Of
trade, and will be diverted iato healthier
channels. The Gazette says that 1t has been
well known, for a long time past, that the
great mercantile house of Kirkland, Chase d
Co.-whose business transactions amounted
to from twelve to thirteen millions of dollars
r year-topether with the houses with which,
in commercial matters, 1t was more or less
affiliated, has been carrying a heavy load OF
Indebtedness; that Its borrowed and lent &C.
count was enormous, and that Its daily re-
qulrements, and the necessity OF meeting them,
absorbed large sums of money which would
otherwise have been available in promoting
the general business interests Of the city.
The New York detectives assert that they
have some of the property which was stolen
from Mr.. Nathan's house, and which they got
from a man who received 1t from Forester.
Tho person who delivered the property was to
have been arrested as a principal In the muir
.der. but was promised immunity on his pledge
that he would give full testimony against For
roster. The police add that they know the
man in whose house, In Mercer street, Forces
ter was on the day before and the day after
the murder. Forester, they say, was aided
by him to escape to Westchester County. 1t
Is said that on the night of the murder OF Ma
than q prominent sporting man saw an indi-
vidual in the vicinity OF Nathan's house
whose movements were very suspicious.
He watched him, and presently two
men came down the steps of the
Nathan mansion, who were Joined by the
man, the three going toward the
North River. Early the next forenoon three
men entered q saloon on Eighth avenue and
q bundle, which proved to be a bloody
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