The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-25
SEWs OF THE 4 2.

NEWS OF THE DAP.
alsavllle's new National Theatre, at Wash
ington, was opened Monday night.
.,-superyisor Cobb has been assigned to the
revenue district consisting OF Kentucky Ten
nesaee, Mlssissippi, Alabama and LOUISIANA
and, Supervisor Emery has been reasslgned 10
the district which includes the Carelinas.
Mr.. E. Joy Morris, having first declined
the,nomination ofthe Democrats and Liberals
as q candidate for Congress from the Second
District of Pennsylvania, has reconsidered the
matter, and now considers 1t hls duty to &C
cept denomination. .
The book trade sales, which have been In
progress In New York for some time, were
brought to q conclusion on Saturday afternoon
The sale on the whole has been satisfactory
for all standard works, but the books of q sen.
satIonal and yellow cover character, 1t is
gratifying to learn, came to a rather indider-
entmarket.
-resTweof the New York Republican papers
az Saturday announce that Chss. O'Conor has
written q private letter to one OF the straight
ont Democratic committee, stating that he had
reconaidered his decision in regard to the
nomination for the, Presidency, and had de-
tetrmined to accept the candidacy. The letter,
however, is not forthcoming, but The New
York s~trsightout executive committee have
issued an address Of some length, ITO the De-
mocrscy otthe State of New York" calling on
themito support O'Conor and Adams, and for
holding q State Convention at Albany on the
sdSR October, for b epurpose of putting before
the:people an electoral ticket, dc. The COM
mlttee say nothing Of Mr.. o'Conor's having &C
cepted. enle 81 - .tf $50
s~gItsppears that some. time ago Honorable
Alexander 8. Stephens, Of Georgia, had Pc
titioned the department Of Justice for the re-
lease of ell the Ku-Klux prisoners OF the
South now held in the government prison at
Albany, N. Y, on the ground that such an act
OF clemancV would tend to. hsrmonize and con-
clliate. the South. A special dispatch from
Washington to one Of the New York Journals
says that Attorney General Williams has made
q feply'to S%tephens's petition. The Attorney
General denies the allegations OF Mr.. Ste
phanhs that the conviction Of the Ku-Klux was
Illegal, and that their pardon would be an act
Of Justice and friendllness toward the South,
and says that the pardon Of all Of them would
have no more political Significance than the
pan iono those convicted Of the violation Of
other statutes.
IAN extraordinary case of monomania is
related in French exchange. A welldress-
edPeducated-gentlem recently appeared
before q magistrate and gave the following
account OF himself: "My name is L.. I
anna teacher in a college Of the Department
Of Gers, and have come to pass the vacation
In. my native town. ! come to ask you to be
good enough to put me In SOM asylum until
kieaR overcome a dangerous monomania
which possesses me. I am not mad, but am
simply seized with an irresistible desire to
sssangie aiohild. During the long nights, as
Fay sleeplessly In the :.dormitory of our col
lege;,h listening to the breathing of the scholars
confdedS to my care, I have felt the
m6at-extraordinary sensations. Often
hare4 I got up and gone towards the
bed sof one Of 1.-the boys with the full
intentlon,o strangllng him to death, but
at the moment that I was about to seize
him by the neck I have succeeded, by appeal
ingto my reason and all the resources of my
natpre,in avoiding the commlttal OF crime. I
happily managed to ward of the dreadful i'm
pplse until vacation came. But to-day I feel
thBtI can n longer resist. Even in coming
here to You I carefully avoided meeting any
child, for. had I done 80, I must have killed
lt.'ns At this moment q boy OF fourteen years
~happsned'to be brought before the magistrate
to answer' some charge against him. At the
sight Of the boy q mad glare seemed to dart
nom the eyeso Of the monomanIac as he rushed
forward to seize him, and was only prevented
by tie lcficers of the law. The magistrate
Immediately sent the unfortunate man to a lu-
nstio asylum.
"A new style of coIored paper has been re-
Gently introduced, designed to be used for
checks, drafts, and other commercial pur..
poses. Such is the preparation Of the paper
that figures once made upon It cannot be
erased or chemically removed without leaving
amark that would lead to immediate detec-
tlon.s.In.the samples of this paper that have
beer' shown an admirable degree Of perfec-
ton has been obtained, and the invention or
discovery promises to become very popular.
The preparation Of this paper ia extremely
simple, and 1t Is a matter OF surprise that
the process was not discovered years ago.
The 7coloring material used Is simply dilute
writing fluid, which gives the paper a deli
cate French gray shade. Characters writ
ten with q pen on this cannot be removed
Id sanyi manner. If scratching is resorted
to; surface Will be removed and the
white body Of the paper underneath would
show the attempt. The coloring matter OF
the surface being the same as the ink used
in writing upon it, any chemical prepare
ton that would remove one would remove
the other, and thus any attempted alteration
wonld be discovered. This process. it would
appear, is designed to furnish an article for
a checks and valuable documents that will
be absolute proof against alteration. If this
result be obtained. the paper will come Into
general use,i as 1t will be much more conve-
nient and satisfactory. than the variety OF
stamps and punches that are now used to 1
secure the same result. The machines used
~ ont auf an Iropraoo tho A.. i