The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-04
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FRIDAY, oCToBER 4, 1872.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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NEWS DE- THE DAP.
Raphael semmes has been made corpora
tion attorney at Mobile.
Anew London daily, devoted In a greal
measure to American and German news, II
about to be started.
The German and Belgian Governments
have increased the salaries oftheir employees
from ten to fifty per cent. on account OF inc
Increased cost oflIving.
The railway company running through
Mount Cents Tunnel have been requested oy
the French Government to suspend some OF
their trains In order to allow the laying OF
mines, to be exploded In case of war.
The most melancholy blow to Grants
prospects is given by his subordinate on the
ticket; ior Senator Wilson comedies Indiana
e! the Liberals, nj the senator has no repu-
tation equal to thatwhich he enjoys as a politi'
cal prophet.
LIN the geological and mining survey Of
Ireland the government inspector has report
ed that that country contains some, OF the
richest coal mines In the world. At present
the whole yield from the old collieries 10 but
one hundred and thirty thousand tons per an
.um.s as many of them are worked but teebly'
while others are permitted to lie entirely Idle.
I French government refuses to reim-
bnrse the railway companies for the travelling
expenses Of Gambetta's administration during
the war deciding that II, byexcess OF timldity
or a desire to stand well with the party In
power, the employees gave places to every
Radical who demanded them, the State is not
now to be held responsible.
1.-THE manufacture Of dolls shoes from
scraps OF morocco, all fancy buttoned and
dipped has, within the. past three years grown
into q big business. One manufacturer In
Massachusetts turns out fly thousand pairs
per annum, and uses twenty thousand feet of
morocco and sheepskin. The little pets Of the
household angels are'well equipped, 1t seems;
after all. ~
Tile heads of the Roman Catholic and
Greek churches are engaged In o diplomacy
from Rome to St. Petersburg aud vice versa,
which may, 1t Ia supposed, lead to q better I'm.
Outstanding, as In days past, between Plo
Mono and the Gear Alexander. If this should
bs al; all realized. Emperor William and Bis
mInsrck NAV be induced to reconsider the
present policy of Prussia towards the clerlcs
who serve on the affairs and the congregations
which worship before the shrines Of the Vail
can. r.E4.m. ergn
The New York Herald, noticing the col.
lapse OF the Indiana straIght-outers by the
decllnation Of their candidates, says: 1.-THE
talk Jrsbout a third Presidential candidate
Is all Idle and fraudulent. Mr.. O'Conor
knows this, and hence, while expressing his
dissatisfaction with existing political parties
and advancing his peculiar theories of a pay
as.you.go government, buying Its pinch of tea,
its ounce of butter and its loaf bread for cash
at every meal, he refuses to make himself
ridiculous by Offering himself as the candi-
date OF the Blanton Duncan convention
They have a new arrangement In France.
They call It rsllIe papler. 1t is like fox hunt
ing, only, lacking the fox element. The com
pany goes careering over The country in
chase OF a horseman who is given ten minutes
start, andswhose track ls marked out by bits
efCut paper which his motion ~scatters out OF a
couple Of huge bags with which he is laden.
1hsa''bush" or trophy of victory is a white
satin rosette which he wears on his left shoul-
der, and which becomes the spoil Of whoever
Is lucky enough to overtake and snatch 1t from
him.
The acknowledgements of England, in his
annual report, quotes, among others, the fol-
lowing complimentary letter from an Amerl-
can gentleman, which goes far to prove the
perfection to which the postal system has
been brought In England: "Having recently
arrived in England, and not knowing the pres
eat whereabouts Of a sister, I addressed a let
ter to her late residence thus: Upper Nor
wood, or elsewhere > IreceIved q reply In or
binary course Of mail, saying 1t had been de-
livered to her on the top Of q etage-coach In
.Walea. Venture to say no other country can
show the parallel, or would take the trouble
at any price,"
"A bet ia said to be o fools argument,
which, II true, clearly establishes the fact that
there ara 6 great many foolish people yet to
be found Ia the busy, bustling world around
rs. Now, whatever may be said of the Hon.
John orrlssey, OF New York, no one ever
charged him with being a fool, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he loves betting as dearly as a
fsh loves water. He recently passed a few
hours In Philadelphia, and while In that quiet
and highly moral city INDUCED In his favorite
pastime, in a manner that plainly indicated
that he had plenty of cash and confidence to
Invest In the election Of Buckalew. Among
the bets made by him on Monday last we're
ssoooito $40, 900 that Buckalew will be elected
cover ) uor; $500 to $1,000 on the same result;
$1,000 TO $1,000 that Buckalew VIII get eight
thousand Ave hundred majority outside OF
Philadelphia, and $1,000 to $3.50 that Hartranit
won't get twenty thousand majority in the
State. The Hon. John also offered to bet
$4,000 that he would continue to bet at the
above odds up to the day of election-no
takers. The Hon. John, we believe, has re-
turned to his humble home lin Gotham, await
ing "the good time coming" which is expec-
ted on Wednesday morning next, when he
Will be called upon to bag the superabundant
Cosh an ronkIooo1r riobod hu tho Radicals